Fifty people in Queensland yet to be traced after transiting through Melbourne Airport exposure zone

Queensland Health has been unable to contact 50 people in Queensland connected to Melbourne Airport’s terminal four, a declared coronavirus exposure zone.

A mammoth contact tracing effort has been underway in response to Victoria’s latest COVID-19 cluster, which prompted a statewide five-day lockdown.

Last week, Queensland Health said 1,500 people were originally identified as being in Queensland after travelling through the terminal.

Most have been contacted and told to get tested and self-isolate.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said 800 of those 1,500 people have been tested and returned negative results.

Ms Palaszczuk said she had sent a senior health officer to Canberra to “embed themselves into…