Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr. Jeannette Young says six passengers that arrived in Queensland on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha last month may have contracted the Russian variant of COVID-19 from a super-spreader.
While Dr. Young is not concerned that the Russian variant is more contagious or problematic than other strains, a super-spreader may have spread the virus to more passengers on the flight or in hotel quarantine.
Dr. Young has asked eight people in hotel quarantine to be tested and isolate until a result is given. Queensland has recorded no new locally transmitted cases of coronavirus overnight.