Queensland has recorded a new local COVID-19 case that has been infectious in the community in Brisbane for six days. Nineteen new infections have also been reported on a ship offshore.
Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young says the man has likely been infectious in the community since last Thursday.
"Now this is our 13th incursion of the virus into the community in Queensland over the last six weeks, so it is becoming increasingly concerning that we are having these repeated incursions of the virus into Queensland."Dr Young said that the hotel quarantine system was clearly insufficient in containing the Delta variant of COVID-19.
"I think this is escalating now, we have had 13 incursions of the virus into the community, into the Queensland community over the last six weeks," she said."And most of those have been the Delta variant, so I just want to manage every single risk that I can think of as much as I can." Health Minister Yvette D'Ath said Queensland will relax quarantine requirements for residents and people with travel exemptions in Victoria and South Australia after both those states lifted virus lockdowns overnight.
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