Queensland now has 28 active COVID-19 cases after discovering another four infections linked to a correctional services training academy in the state's southeast.
Queensland now has 28 active coronavirus cases after discovering another four infections linked to a correctional services training academy overnight in the state's southeast.A senior trainer at the academy was diagnosed with the virus on Thursday following the outbreak at the nearby youth facility.
This takes the number of active cases to 28, with 11 linked to an initial outbreak at Brisbane's Youth Detention Centre, also in Wacol. A Brisbane childcare centre in Fig Tree pocket has also been closed for at least a week after receiving a COVID-19 positive visitor on 21 August. It comes as those health restrictions limiting the number of people who can gather are extended to the Gold Coast and Darling Downs regions.
The new rules will also come into effect in the Darling Downs from 8am Monday after health alerts were issued for The Southern Hotel and Queens' Park Markets in Toowoomba.
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