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10.39pm BST

So, just building on the mystery case in Brisbane, Queensland Health have released a public health alert for locations in Eatons Hill, Aspley and Albany Creek in Brisbane’s north and Rocklea.

⚠️ Public Health Alert ⚠️

Queensland Health is issuing new contact tracing locations for:

Eatons Hill
Albany Creek
Aspley
Rocklea

Full details can be found at: https://t.co/rujm8F3qL4 pic.twitter.com/ay1R4koQbX

10.30pm BST

Good morning, Mostafa Rachwani with you this morning to take you through this morning’s news.

We start in Queensland, where a mystery Covid case appearing overnight has left authorities scrambling. The cases, an aviation worker in his 30s, has no recent history of overseas or interstate travel, with the source of his infection still unknown.

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