Airline pair test positive in Brisbane, but fly out again before results are in

Tuesday January 19, 2021

Two airline crew members tested positive to COVID-19 in Queensland but were back on an outbound flight before they got the results.

The two women, who have unintentionally sparked an international contact-tracing effort, were among three new cases of COVID-19 reported in Queensland overnight. The third was a woman who had recently arrived from South Africa and, like the crew members, was tested in quarantine.

The continued absence of community transmission opens the way for southeast Queensland controls, such as mandatory masks in certain areas, to be eased on…

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