How Qld Health got it wrong on Covid ‘party’ claims

The revelation is ultimately positive, as it means what looked like a potential for spread of the disease is instead a relatively contained situation, with all five people also now isolating and being tested.

Health authorities have had a breakthrough in tracing how the current cluster got started, identifying a case that may be the “missing link” between this outbreak and the cluster involving the Princess Alexandra Hospital doctor a fortnight ago.

After a 26-year-old man tested positive on Thursday for COVID-19, sparking the current scare, authorities have now found that his brother likely had the disease recently and is no longer infectious.

Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said serology testing had confirmed the man had the…