Brisbane recorded its second locally acquired COVID-19 case in as many days yesterday with the potential for a lot more after it was discovered the man held a party for 25 people at his home after being told to isolate.

This has prompted a Public Health Alert from NSW Health which is particularly important to those living in living in Lismore & surrounds given our proximity to the Queensland border and the amount of business, family links and surgical & dental procedures that occur in the south-east of the state and the ease of travel between towns.

It only takes one case to put everyone back into increased restrictions so the word from NSW Health is to remain vigilant.

NSW Health is reminding people entering NSW from Queensland who have been in Brisbane City Council or Moreton Bay Regional Council since 11 March 2021 to:

·       Remain vigilant for symptoms of COVID-19 and get tested and isolate with even the mildest of symptoms.

·       Monitor the Queensland Health website regularly to check if you have attended any of the venues/places listed and immediately follow the Queensland Health public health advice and contact NSW Health on 1800 943 553 so we can support you with access to testing.

·       Avoid non-essential visits to hospitals and residential aged care facilities and disability residential care services until further notice. Please continue to seek medical care as usual.

·       People who have been in the two areas who work in hospitals, residential aged care facilities and disability residential care services should check with their employer, monitor the Queensland Health website for further advice and use masks when at work.

Anyone who entered NSW from 12.01 am on 27 March who has been in Brisbane City Council or Moreton Bay Regional Council since 11 March is required to complete an online declaration.

The online declaration form, available on the Service NSW website, is for all travellers intending to enter NSW, including by air, road and rail. This form includes contact details and confirmation whether people have been to any venues of concern. This information is critical to enable NSW Health to contact travellers, if required. 

Declaration forms can be completed within the 24-hour period prior to entering NSW, or when you enter NSW.

The latest close contact venues notified by Queensland Health are:

Redcliffe

Mamma’s Italian Restaurant

69 Redcliffe Parade

Sunday 21 March

12.30pm-3.10pm

Anyone who has attended a casual contact venue is asked to immediately get tested regardless of symptoms and self-isolate until a negative result is returned.

The latest casual contact venues notified by Queensland Health are:

The following are close contact venues. These are venues of high concern. If you have attended any of the venues at the listed times, you must immediately self‑isolate and get tested, then remain isolated for 14 days regardless of the result:

East Brisbane

Black Hops Brewery

2/65 Manilla Street

Saturday 20 March2.22pm-1.51pm

Eatons Hill

Eatons Hill Hotel

646 S Pine Road

Saturday 20 March

3.44-5.30pm

Carindale

Shinobi Ramen Noodle Shop, Westfield Carindale Shopping Centre

1151 Creek Road

Saturday 20 March

12pm-2.16pm

Lawnton

PCYC

Monday 22 March

7.16am-8.10am

Teneriffe

Green Beacon Brewing Co.

26 Helen Street

Saturday 20 March

2pm-3.12pm

The following are casual contact venues. If you have been to any of these places at the listed times, you should immediately self-isolate and get tested regardless of symptoms, and follow the public health advice provided by Queensland Health.

Lawnton

Bunnings

727 Gympie Road

Monday 22 March3.15pm-3.30pm

Lawton

Zambrero

665-685 Gympie Road

Tuesday 23 March12.51pm-12:55pm

Lawnton

Lawnton Fruit Market

728 Gympie Road

Tuesday 23 March

1.57pm-2.05pm

Lawnton

Nella’s Gourmet Tucker

728 Gympie Road

Tuesday 23 March3.37pm-3:47pm

Lawnton

Lawnton Country Markets

728 Gympie Road

Wednesday 24 March

2.36pm-2.43pm

Newstead

The Standard Market Company, Gasworks Plaza

76 Skyring Tce

Sunday 21 March

9.50am-10.20am

Strathpine

Strathpine Plaza Shopping Centre

445-451 Gympie Road

Monday, 22 March

3.43pm-3.49pm

Strathpine

Poolwerx

2/12 Dixon Street

Tuesday 23 March3.15pm-3.57pm

Strathpine

Dan Murphy’s

260 Gympie Road

Tuesday 23 March7.26pm-7:36pm

Strathpine

Hungry Jacks 

(drive-through)

388 Gympie Road

Tuesday 23 March 7:47pm

Strathpine

BWS

42/295 Gympie Road

Thursday 25 March6.15pm-6:30pm

Strathpine

Ceres Pizza Café

2/454 Gympie Road

Thursday 25 March

7pm-7.58pm

Alderley

Genki Mart

3/24 South Pine Road

Sunday 21 March

10.30am-10.46am

Carindale

Westfield Carindale Shopping Centre (any part of the shopping centre)

1151 Creek Road

Saturday 20 March

12pm-2.16pm

Everton Park

Baskin-Robbins

2/489 South Pine Road

Saturday 20 March

9.20pm-9.25pm

Newmarket

Market Organics (store only)

190 Enoggera Road

Saturday 20 March

2.45pm-3pm

Nundah

Nundah Respiratory Clinic

1270 Sandgate Road

Thursday 25 March

11.15am-11.40am

Stafford

Guzman y Gomez Stafford (drive-through)

400 Stafford Road

Monday 22 March

12.20pm-12.25pm

Stafford

Bunnings Stafford

450 Stafford Road

Monday 22 March

12.40pm-12.50pm

Stafford

Aldi Stafford, Stafford City Shopping Centre

400 Stafford Road

Thursday 25 March

8.30am-8.45am

NSW Health urges anyone in NSW with even the mildest symptoms, such as headache, fatigue, cough, sore throat or runny nose, to come forward immediately for testing, then isolate until they receive a negative result.