Authorities downplay risk from Brisbane Airport virus case

Friday April 30, 2021

Health authorities have downplayed the transmission risk from a COVID positive man at Brisbane International Airport who was allowed to move about a “green zone” reserved for trans-Tasman bubble travellers.

Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young (right) and Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk. (Photo: AAP Image/Dan Peled)

However, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the incident showed there will be lapses from time to time under trans-Tasman bubble arrangements.

Both Ardern and Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said the risk to…

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