Queensland on high alert as two women test positive for coronavirus after failing to self-isolate

The women returned from Melbourne and are the first positive Covid-19 cases in the state outside quarantine since May

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Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is “absolutely furious” that two women returned to Queensland from Victoria without self-isolating and have now tested positive to coronavirus.

The positive cases are the first in Queensland outside quarantine since May. Queensland has now closed aged care facilities and a school where one of the women worked, and restaurants, shops and churches could also be affected.

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