Guests from Brisbane quarantine hotel linked to UK strain COVID cluster test negative

Guests who were evacuated from a Brisbane quarantine hotel at the centre of a cluster of a mutated strain of COVID-19 have tested negative for the virus.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk revealed “good news” after fears of a UK strain outbreak related to six cases linked to the Grand Chancellor Hotel.

The cluster led to an evacuation of 129 guests, who have now tested negative.

“I’m becoming more and more confident there’s no ongoing spread,” Chief Health Officer Jeannette…