Two women who returned to Queensland from Melbourne via Sydney and failed to self-isolate have tested positive to COVID-19.
"They both travelled together recently, including returning to Brisbane from Melbourne on the 21 July via Sydney," Health Minister Steven Miles said.
"They travelled on flights VA 863 and VA 977".
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Mr Miles said the women had travelled largely around the Springfield and Logan areas upon their return to Brisbane.
"These young women have gone about their business with in the communities that they live in and so there will be a large amount of contact tracing to be done, largely within it the Logan and Springfield areas, including shopping malls, restaurants and a church," he said.
One is the women is a worker at Parklands Christian College.
The private school in Logan, South of Brisbane, has temporarily closed and deep cleaning is underway.
Health authorities are identifying close contacts of the two women, Mr Miles said.
"A lot of people are going to be inconvenienced"
Dr Young has described the situation as "very disappointing" with both women being out in the community while unwell.
"Two young women returned from Melbourne, which we know is an absolute hot spot with a lot of cases, return from Melbourne on the 21 July via Sydney and now tested positive," Dr Young said.
"As a result of that, a lot of people are going to be inconvenienced. And I do apologise to those people for what is now going to have to do occur."
Mr Miles said aged care facilities on Brisbane's southside would go into lockdown and flagged potential closures to schools and churches.
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