Gladstone not joining three-day lockdown but testing under way

Gladstone is not joining Greater Brisbane’s three-day lockdown starting at 5pm on Monday, but residents who visited some key locations will still need to get tested immediately.

The health advice follows the visit of a COVID-19-infected person from Brisbane, who travelled to the central Queensland city between March 25 and March 27.

Close contacts of the people who were visited by the positive Brisbane resident have already tested negative, Queensland Health said.

“Primary close contacts of the infected person have been contacted and tested, and have returned negative results,” a Queensland Health…