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No community transmission cases in Queensland, as WA travellers head to lockdown
Queensland has recorded one new case of COVID-19, a seaman who acquired it overseas, as the state asks travellers arriving from parts of Western Australia to hotel quarantine.
Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said Queensland’s latest case is a man who became ill while on a vessel from Japan, with the boat now off Mackay’s coast.
“Everyone on the vessel has been tested, and one is positive,” she said.
Ms Young said two historic cases were also identified overnight, but are not considered a risk to the community.
Meanwhile, Health Minister Yvette D’Ath has asked travellers arriving on flights from Western Australia to comply with lockdown measures following community transmission in the state.
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