The marine pilot believed to have infected a Cairns taxi driver has sparked several new exposure alerts. 9News
airports and a string of venues in Cairns are subject to coronavirus exposure alerts as health authorities try to ensure there hasn't been any spread in the locked down far-north city.has sparked exposure alerts on July 26 for Cairns Airport, Brisbane Airport and a hotel and a car rental business nearby, as well as Qantas Flight QF707 connecting the two cities.
Queensland Health on Tuesday night listed them all as casual contact venues, along with several shops in Cairns City two days earlier, ranging from Anaconda and Bunnings to City Beach and Rusty's Market.Any visitors at the relevant times to those venues or others in the Cairns suburbs of Trinity Beach and Smithfield must get tested as soon as possible and quarantine until they get a negative result.: Smithfield Shopping Centre, Friday 23 July, 11.
Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeanette Young said the driver had contracted the virus from a positive reef pilot who travelled in the taxi.
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