A COVID-19 cluster spreading across Ipswich and Brisbane is expected to grow after thousands were swabbed at fever clinics on Saturday.
People in south-east Queensland with even very mild symptoms, such as a runny nose, should get tested, says Jeannette Young.
Police are investigating another claim of fruit tampering after a Logan man found two needles in strawberries he was cutting up for his daughter's lunch.
Contact tracers are compiling a list of places a COVID-positive woman visited as children at a Brisbane youth detention centre await coronavirus test results.
Part of the Immanuel Gardens site in Buderim was locked down this week after four residents — since cleared of the virus — began displaying respiratory...
The Jam Pantry in Greenslopes, where a COVID-positive international traveller dined on Sunday, has temporarily closed its doors.
The alert encompasses VA962 from Brisbane to Sydney on August 17 and The Jam Pantry cafe in Greenslopes on August 16.
The council is expected to approve the tendering process opening to interested parties on Tuesday, with the opposition slamming it as a "cost blowout".
The discovery points the way to new methods to stop superbugs and help the 700,000 people who die from infections worldwide annually.
Immanuel Gardens Aged Care Centre in Buderim has closed The Terrace section of its accommodation to all visitors.