Princess Alexandra Hospital nurse diagnosed with COVID-19, described as Brisbane’s ‘missing link’ case

A second nurse at the Princess Alexandra Hospital has been diagnosed as having had COVID-19, with Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young saying the historical case is believed to be a “missing link” in one of Brisbane’s recent clusters.

Queensland recorded no new cases of community transmission of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.

However, there were eight new cases — seven in hotel quarantine, as well as the historical case.

Dr Young said the nurse was believed to have treated a returned travelled at the hospital who had also been treated by a doctor, who was also part of the community transmission cluster.

Dr Young said the returned traveller was “clearly a super spreader, through no fault of his own”.

“He is a gentleman who came from…