BREAKING: Queensland has recorded one new locally acquired Covid-19 case on Wednesday, who spent four days out and about before testing positive.
The new case left hotel quarantine on July 17 after returning from the Phillipines and tested positive on Tuesday.
There are two other major virus concerns plaguing the Sunshine State: a vaccinated Gold Coast man who returned from China and tested positive almost two weeks after he left hotel quarantine; and a Qantas flight attendant who brought a Sydney man into the state despite him being a close contact of a NSW case.Get your political briefing from news.com.au's political editor Samantha Maiden.
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