Queensland records TWO new COVID cases linked to school cluster as concern about freight drivers coming into state grows
- Two new cases are related to the St Thomas More school cluster at Sunnybank
- Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said she is ‘not concerned’ by cases
- Chief health officer Dr Jeannette Young expressed concern about freight drivers
- Three essential workers had entered into Queensland from NSW with Covid
Queensland has recorded two new community cases of Covid-19 as chief health officer Dr Jeannette young expressed concern about freight drivers bringing the Delta variant to the state.
Both of the cases are linked to the St Thomas More College cluster at Sunnybank.
‘We aren’t concerned about the two new local community cases because they are students from Sir Thomas More, linked to the Sunnybank cluster but been in their home isolation,’ Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said.
Ms Palaszczuk thanked the 1,000 people in families associated with the school for going into 14 days isolation.
‘We saw how well it worked in the Indooroopilly cluster when everyone did the right thing,’ she said.
‘We are seeing a few cases pop up from that cluster but they are in their home quarantine.’
‘We saw how well it worked in the Indooroopilly cluster when everyone did the right thing,’ Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said of the 1,000 people who went into quarantine as a result of a positive case at St Thomas More College, Sunnybank in Brisbane
Two new cases announced in Queensland on Monday were linked to the St Thomas More College cluster at Sunnybank, Brisbane
Dr Young said concerns remained in relation to exposure sites in the Logan and south Brisbane areas after a number of truck drivers were infectious in the community in those areas.
‘We still have some concerns about the numbers of freight drivers who been infectious in our community,’ she said.
‘There are quite a list of exposure venues that I would really like anyone who lives in Brisbane or Logan to really have a look at, and ensure you have been to any of those exposure venues at those times.’
Queensland Chief Health Office Dr Jeannette Young said she remained concerned about freight drivers entering Queensland from NSW while infectious
It was revealed yesterday the school cluster was likely caused by a man who crossed into Queensland from NSW on an essential worker pass, infecting a man who lives at Moorooka in south Brisbane.
He then passed the virus onto his children and their mother, including the college student.
Queensland Police Deputy Commissioner Steve Gollschewski said an investigation was currently underway to check that the essential workers had the correct border passes and met all other exemptions to come into the state.
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