Positive test result for PNG traveller who tainted the trans-Tasman bubble

Friday April 30, 2021

One of two travellers mistakenly allowed to be in the ‘green zone’ at Brisbane International Airport has COVID-19.

Brisbane International Airport. (Supplied)

Late yesterday, the Brisbane Airport Corporation confirmed the pair were mistakenly allowed out of a ‘red zone’ into the ‘green zone’ that at the time was being used by up to 390 passengers bound for New Zealand.

The news alarmed authorities and would-be travellers on both sides of the Tasman, and this morning Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk confirmed one of the travellers had since tested positive…

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