All passengers on the first Newcastle to Brisbane flight since the Queensland borders opened will now be spending Christmas in quarantine after health authorities deemed everyone as a close contact.
Another flight from Brisbane to Townsville on Monday has also been
listed as an exposure site, with all passengers sent into isolation.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
NSW Blues camp hit by positive COVID casesPlayers and staff who attended a NSW training camp have been sent into isolation due to positive COVID-19 cases.
Read more »
'Best Christmas present ever': north Queensland families reunited as interstate flights resumeThere are tears and celebrations at north Queensland airports as flights arrive from previously locked out COVID hotspots from across Australia.
Read more »
Three flights from Sydney, Melbourne into Queensland declared exposure sitesContact tracers have declared three flights into Queensland last week as COVID-19 exposure sites, with some passengers deemed close contacts
Read more »
Newcastle cluster allegedly sparked by person breaching isolation rulesThe NSW Health Minister believes a person who was supposed to be isolating attended The Argyle House nightclub in Newcastle which has since become a super-spreader event.
Read more »
'Tying up resources': Calls to scrap Queensland COVID-19 testsA NSW government MP wants PCR tests for travel into Queensland abolished after waiting times soared at testing clinics on the first day of eased border restrictions.
Read more »
Seven Omicron infections under investigation as Victoria records 1290 COVID cases, two deathsVictorian health authorities are still investigating seven suspected cases of the new Omicron strain of COVID19 as the state recorded 1290 coronavirus cases and two deaths. | MartaPascual3 covid19vic covid19vicdata
Read more »