Hundreds of Queenslanders have spent the weekend in long lines outside testing clinics after a warning from health authorities of a potential coronavirus threat.
Anyone who has been in Victoria on or since December 21 has been told they should get tested and quarantine at home until they receive a negative result.
This advice caused queues that stretched for hundreds of metres in Brisbane and on the Gold Coast, with waits of up to four hours.
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People came armed with camp chairs and umbrellas for the long wait ahead.
"We only brought the chairs, but we're now wishing we had brought hats, umbrellas, everything," one woman told 9News.
"A cup of coffee would have been nice."
Some people were turned away from the Royal Brisbane Women's Hospital clinic when it closed at 9pm on Saturday.
"The last thing we want to see is somebody walking away from getting tested who should get tested," Shadow Health Minister Ros Bates said.
Chief Medical Officer Dr Jeanette Young said health authorities are working to open more clinics in the coming days to meet demand.
"We are opening more fever clinics and we're extending hours because of that rapid response from people coming forward to get tested," Dr Young said.
The state has had 110 days without any community transmission of the virus.
There were three local cases in Victoria today, and seven in NSW.
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