Health Minister slams yacht crew who brought coronavirus to Queensland

The infected yacht crew member is going to Cairns Hospital and the passengers and remaining crew are quarantined and being tested.

According to an online advertisement for the 74.5-metre vessel: “Lady E will be available for charter from the beginning of February in Australia and New Zealand. Her summer has been confirmed in the South Pacific.⁠”

The state’s second case on Friday was a south-east Queensland man who came back from Sydney’s northern beaches and tested positive in home quarantine after an initial negative test.

Ms D’Ath and Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young praised the man for his actions, including isolating at his home since his return.

He initially tested negative on December 18 after returning from NSW but…