One among immediately’s circumstances is an in depth contact from the Portuguese restaurant cluster who had been in isolation.
The second case is a 37-year-old girl who works on the Qatar check-in counter at Brisbane’s worldwide airport.
The lady started feeling unwell and went to get a COVID-19 take a look at on Tuesday which returned a optimistic outcome.
“She has been to very restricted locations round her native space,” Ms Palaszczuk mentioned.
“We’re very inspired in the intervening time that we have solely actually acquired these two circumstances – very encouraging information immediately.”
Nonetheless, she cautioned that the state was “not out of the woods but”, with tomorrow’s case numbers prone to decide whether or not lockdown restrictions could be eased as deliberate at 6pm that day.
Chief Well being Officer Dr Jeanette Younger has praised Queenslanders for turning out to get examined, with 29,990 exams carried out yesterday.
There have been additionally 18,162 vaccines administered.
Dr Younger mentioned the worldwide check-in employee “probably” caught COVID-19 whereas working on the airport.
“She could be checking in, not solely the passengers, however she could be concerned with the crew,” Dr Younger famous.
“We do know that worldwide flight crew are excessive danger.
“They do not keep right here for 14 days after they arrived – they fly in and fly out so we do not at all times know which ones are optimistic.”
The 37-year-old developed signs on Sunday, which means she has probably been infectious since final Friday, June 25.
She has one family contact who’s being urgently examined, together with different shut contacts.
The lady visited Officeworks in North Lakes on June 25, Coles at Murrumba Downs on June 27 and repeatedly goes to her native gymnasium, Anytime Health in Griffith.
The precise dates and occasions for these publicity websites might be confirmed by Queensland Well being later immediately.
She additionally interacted together with her colleagues from Menzies Aviation on June 26 and 28.
Queensland’s Deputy Premier slams rising air journey
Queensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles has once more claimed extra international travellers are touchdown in Australia, saying it’s placing an incredible pressure on the quarantine system.
“(The Australian Border Drive) didn’t dispute the rising pattern for an elevated variety of international nationals being permitted to journey,” he mentioned.
“In case you have a look at the ABS report that is what it factors to, a rise within the variety of foreigners travelling right here, as nicely as the rise within the quantity of Australians travelling because the borders had been closed final yr.
“I do know there was some evaluation immediately of arrival card information which additionally confirmed the excessive variety of individuals travelling for leisure and enterprise functions.
“I feel when Australians take into consideration worldwide journey when the borders are closed and take into consideration lodge quarantine, they take into consideration Australians coming residence or the occasional extremely expert employee wanted right here or real hardship circumstances, they do not suppose about individuals coming and going about their common enterprise.”