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Russian COVID-19 variant detected in Brisbane, Qld
Dozens of returned travellers have been ordered to stay in hotel quarantine in Brisbane for an additional five days after two people tested positive to a new Russian variant of COVID-19.
Queensland Health said two passengers on Qatar Airways flight QR898, which arrived from Doha into Brisbane on February 17 with 74 people on board, had tested positive to COVID-19 late into their 14-day hotel quarantine period.
Further testing has revealed the travellers have variant B. 1.1.317.
While Queensland Health does not consider this a variant of…
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