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No new Queensland cases reported following PA Hospital scare
Queensland recorded no new local COVID-19 cases overnight, after the infectious UK strain spread outside a quarantine hotel last week.
The first case left a quarantine hotel and unknowingly infected a doctor at the Princess Alexandra Hospital on March 9. Another guest, staying on the same floor of Brisbane’s Hotel Grand Chancellor as the first case, also tested positive.
A doctor at the Princess Alexandra Hospital was infected with COVID-19 last week.Credit:Bradley Kanaris
Acting Queensland Chief Health Officer Sonya Bennett said genomic testing confirmed the cases were linked.
Dr Bennett said CCTV would be reviewed to see how the virus transmitted inside the hotel.
About 270 potential contacts of the doctor, including hospital staff at…
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