QLD records five new COVID cases, all in hotel quarantine

Queensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles says the state recorded five cases of COVID-19 overnight but were all returned travellers in hotel quarantine. There was also one new case in community who tested positive in NSW and will be reported in NSW's tally. "They were tested on the 12th of July because they were a close contact, they'd been notified by NSW Health that they were a close contact," Mr Miles said. "It does appear from that point on the 12th of July they should've been in isolation and because they were in Sydney they should've been locked down. "It does also appear though that there was a lab error in the initial reporting of their test results. "They flew from Sydney to Ballina on the 14th of July on flight VA 1139 – NSW Health is responsible for contact tracing all of the other passengers on that flight. "They were then collected from Ballina airport by the flight attendant that we reported positive in Queensland on Friday. She picked up that passenger from Ballina airport and drove him back to Queensland. "It does appear that the flight attendant ... caught COVID from the passenger on this flight to Ballina therefore we would consider that the index case for this outbreak." Via news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site https://www.news.com.au