“It could also be an indication that someone who has previously had COVID-19 has visited our area and is still shedding the dead virus. Another possibility is that it is from someone who was positive in our quarantine hotel and is now recovered.
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“This detection should serve as an alert and warning to the community to be vigilant for COVID-19 symptoms.”
Symptoms may include fever, cough, breathing difficulties, sore throat, loss of smell or taste, runny nose, diarrhoea, nausea, vomiting and fatigue.
Dr Gair urged everyone in the region to get a test immediately if they had any symptoms.
“Getting a test does not mean you have to quarantine for 14 days, you just have to go home until we text your results, which takes about 24 hours,” he said.
The test was from samples taken in the region on November 24 and 25, while the previous positive case, announced on Wednesday, was taken on November 17.
The positive tests come as Queensland prepares to open up its borders to other states from next week, after spending much of the year limiting the movement of people from interstate into Queensland.
The state again recorded no new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, with 13 active cases all contained after being detected in hotel quarantine. The state has gone more than 70 days without a case of community transmission.
There were 3616 tests done across the state on Thursday, under the self-imposed threshold of 5000 per day set by Queensland health authorities.
