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Authorities worried UK strain of COVID-19 may be so infectious it broke through normal quarantine protocols
Contact tracers are scrambling to pinpoint close contacts of a Brisbane quarantine hotel cleaner diagnosed with COVID-19 after tests confirmed she was carrying the more contagious UK variant.
Key points:
- Queensland health has issued alerts for people to get tested if they visited any of five venues the woman visited
- There are fears current infection safety protocols may not be enough to combat the mutated UK strain
- National Cabinet will meet to discuss ways of protecting Australians from the mutated strain
Authorities in Queensland are highly concerned about the case after the woman, aged in her 20s, was out in the community for several days while unknowingly infectious, before developing symptoms on Wednesday and testing positive.
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