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Contact tracing (exposure sites) — coronavirus (COVID-19)

Active contact tracing alerts

Queensland has current contact tracing alerts and related public health advice for people who have been in:

• Queensland
• Australian Capital Territory
• New South Wales
• South Australia
• Victoria
• New Zealand.

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Queensland locations

Current exposure venues in Queensland and their date and time of concern are listed below.

In addition to these current exposure venues in Queensland, public health units will also contact affected businesses and households directly for contact tracing purposes even when they are not listed here.

Contact categories and health advice

Close contacts

If you have been to a close contact location in Queensland at the relevant times, you are considered a close contact and must do the following:

1. immediately travel by private transport directly to your home or accommodation and quarantine
2. get tested at your earliest opportunity
3. complete the online contact tracing form by clicking or tapping on the name for the relevant location in the table below. A pop up window will appear with specific advice for that location and a link to the form
   If you are unable to complete the contact tracing form please call 134 COVID (134 268)
4. continue to quarantine even after receiving a negative result. After you complete the contact tracing form you will be contacted by Queensland Health
5. continue to monitor for symptoms while you are quarantined. If you become symptomatic get tested and isolate until you receive a negative result
6. as you are a close contact:
   • you are required to quarantine for 14 days from the time you were at the venue.
   • anyone who resides at your home or accommodation is considered a secondary contact and must do the following:

     Secondary contacts

     1. immediately travel by private transport directly to your home or accommodation and quarantine as per the Management of Secondary Contacts Direction
     2. continue to monitor for symptoms while you are quarantined. You only need to get tested if:
        • you become symptomatic, then isolate until you receive a negative result
        • any of the people in the household test positive for COVID-19.
     3. quarantine until 14 days have passed since the close contact you live with in the same household had contact with the positive COVID-19 case or until you receive further instructions from Queensland Health or an emergency officer.

Casual contacts

If you have been to a casual contact location at the relevant times, you are considered a casual contact and must do the following:

1. immediately travel by private transport directly to your home or accommodation and quarantine
2. get tested at your earliest opportunity
3. continue to quarantine until you receive a negative result
4. enter your details into the contact tracing form by clicking or tapping on the name for the relevant location in the table below. You will not be contacted by Queensland Health unless additional information about the exposure changes the risk level
5. continue to monitor for symptoms, if you become symptomatic get tested and isolate until you receive a negative result.

Low risk contacts

If you have been to a low risk contact location at the relevant times, you are considered a low risk contact and must do the following:

1. get tested at your earliest convenience but you do not need to quarantine until you receive a negative test result
2. continue to monitor for symptoms, if you become symptomatic get tested and isolate until you receive a negative result.

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If you are no longer in Queensland please check with the relevant state health department for health advice and requirements.

This table last updated 26 Oct 2021 8:02pm.

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Historical cases in Queensland

View historical exposure sites in Queensland 14 to 28 days older.

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Interstate exposure venues and hotspots

An interstate exposure venue is identified by another state, territory or Queensland safe travel zone country (e.g. New Zealand). This is a place where a person who has been diagnosed with COVID-19 has been. The Interstate Exposure Venues Direction outlines the requirements for anyone who has been to an interstate exposure venue.

Hotspots are places in states or territories other than Queensland, or in safe travel zone countries where Queensland health officials have found a lot of people with COVID-19, or places that are at risk of a lot of COVID-19 infections. The Border Restrictions Direction outlines the restrictions that apply to anyone who has been to a COVID-19 hotspot.

From 1am AEST Tuesday 19 October 2021, Tasmania will no longer have any declared COVID-19 hotspots.

The Australian Capital Territory, the Jervis Bay Territory, New South Wales, and Victoria continue to be declared hotspots.

Identified dates for current interstate exposure venues

The identified date for an interstate exposure venue is the date and time that determines if you need to quarantine (and whether this is to be at home or in government arranged accommodation) under the Interstate Exposure Venues Direction. This includes people arriving into Queensland and those already in Queensland.

These are the current identified dates for current interstate exposure venues:

State, territory or safe travel zone country	Identified date
Australian Capital Territory	1am AEST 14 August 2021
New South Wales	1am AEST 18 June 2021
South Australia	No identified date*
Victoria	1am AEST 26 May 2021
New Zealand	No identified date*

*If no identified date is listed for venues you must immediately travel by private transport directly to your home or accommodation and must quarantine until 14 days have passed since you were at an interstate exposure venue, unless told otherwise by the advice below or by a Public Health official. You must follow the rules set out in the Interstate Exposure Venues Direction for people who arrive before the identified date.

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Australian Capital Territory exposure venues

If you have been to any of the below interstate exposure venue at the relevant times you must do the following:

1. immediately travel by private transport directly to your home or accommodation and quarantine for 14 days since you were at the exposure venue
2. get tested at your earliest opportunity
3. complete the online contact tracing form by clicking on the name for the relevant location in the table below. A pop up window will appear with specific advice for that location and a link to the form.
   If you are unable to complete the contact tracing form please call 134 COVID (134 268)
4. continue to quarantine even after receiving a negative result. After you complete the contact tracing form you will be contacted by Queensland Health
5. continue to monitor for symptoms while you are quarantined. If you become symptomatic get tested and isolate until you receive a negative result
6. if you were in hotel quarantine, you must get tested 2 to 3 days after leaving quarantine (on day 16 or 17 since the quarantine commenced). There will be some additional restrictions from when you leave quarantine until you receive a negative result from this test, including staying at home and limiting your contact with the community. This includes not attending work.

Notes about the ACT interstate exposure venues:

• check the ACT Government website for the most current list of exposure sites
• the health advice provided by the Australian Capital Territory may differ to the advice on this page. Different state governments manage the risk of transmission differently. If you are in Queensland, you must to follow the advice listed on this page as per the Interstate Exposure Venues Direction
• read more about what you need to do if you have been to an interstate exposure site including home quarantine requirements.

This table last updated 26 Oct 2021 2:55pm.

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New South Wales exposure venues

If you have been to any of the below interstate exposure venue at the relevant times you must do the following:

1. immediately travel by private transport directly to your home or accommodation and quarantine for 14 days since you were at the exposure venue
2. get tested at your earliest opportunity
3. complete the online contact tracing form by clicking on the name for the relevant location in the table below. A pop up window will appear with specific advice for that location and a link to the form.
   If you are unable to complete the contact tracing form please call 134 COVID (134 268)
4. continue to quarantine even after receiving a negative result. After you complete the contact tracing form you will be contacted by Queensland Health
5. continue to monitor for symptoms while you are quarantined. If you become symptomatic get tested and isolate until you receive a negative result
6. if you were in hotel quarantine, you must get tested 2 to 3 days after leaving quarantine (on day 16 or 17 since the quarantine commenced). There will be some additional restrictions from when you leave quarantine until you receive a negative result from this test, including staying at home and limiting your contact with the community. This includes not attending work.

Notes about the New South Wales interstate exposure venues:

• the identified date for these venues is 1am AEST 18 June 2021—if you enter QLD after this date and you were to any location below at the relevant time and date, you will be required to quarantine in government arranged accommodation.
• check the NSW Government website for the most current list of exposure sites
• the health advice provided by New South Wales may differ to the advice on this page. Different state governments manage the risk of transmission differently. If you are in Queensland, you must to follow the advice listed on this page as per the Interstate Exposure Venues Direction
• read more about what you need to do if you have been to an interstate exposure site including home quarantine requirements.

This table last updated 26 Oct 2021 2:56pm.

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South Australia exposure venues

If you have been to any of the below interstate exposure venue at the relevant times you must do the following:

1. immediately travel by private transport directly to your home or accommodation and quarantine for 14 days since you were at the exposure venue
2. get tested at your earliest opportunity
3. complete the online contact tracing form by clicking on the name for the relevant location in the table below. A pop up window will appear with specific advice for that location and a link to the form.
   If you are unable to complete the contact tracing form please call 134 COVID (134 268)
4. continue to quarantine even after receiving a negative result. After you complete the contact tracing form you will be contacted by Queensland Health
5. continue to monitor for symptoms while you are quarantined. If you become symptomatic get tested and isolate until you receive a negative result
6. if you were in hotel quarantine, you must get tested 2 to 3 days after leaving quarantine (on day 16 or 17 since the quarantine commenced). There will be some additional restrictions from when you leave quarantine until you receive a negative result from this test, including staying at home and limiting your contact with the community. This includes not attending work.

Notes about the South Australia interstate exposure venues:

• there is no identified date for these venues.
• check the South Australia Government website for the most current list of exposure sites
• the health advice provided by South Australia may differ to the advice on this page. Different state governments manage the risk of transmission differently. If you are in Queensland, you must to follow the advice listed on this page as per the Interstate Exposure Venues Direction
• read more about what you need to do if you have been to an interstate exposure site including home quarantine requirements.

This table last updated 26 Oct 2021 2:57pm.

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Victoria exposure venues

If you have been to any of the below interstate exposure venue at the relevant times you must do the following:

1. immediately travel by private transport directly to your home or accommodation and quarantine for 14 days since you were at the exposure venue
2. get tested at your earliest opportunity
3. complete the online contact tracing form by clicking on the name for the relevant location in the table below. A pop up window will appear with specific advice for that location and a link to the form.
   If you are unable to complete the contact tracing form please call 134 COVID (134 268)
4. continue to quarantine even after receiving a negative result. After you complete the contact tracing form you will be contacted by Queensland Health
5. continue to monitor for symptoms while you are quarantined. If you become symptomatic get tested and isolate until you receive a negative result
6. if you were in hotel quarantine, you must get tested 2 to 3 days after leaving quarantine (on day 16 or 17 since the quarantine commenced). There will be some additional restrictions from when you leave quarantine until you receive a negative result from this test, including staying at home and limiting your contact with the community. This includes not attending work.

Notes about the Victoria interstate exposure venues:

• the identified date for these venues is 1am AEST 26 May 2021—if you enter QLD after this date and you were to any location below at the relevant time and date, you will be required to quarantine in government arranged accommodation.
• check the Victoria Government website for the most current list of exposure sites
• the health advice provided by Victoria may differ to the advice on this page. Different state governments manage the risk of transmission differently. If you are in Queensland, you must to follow the advice listed on this page as per the Interstate Exposure Venues Direction
• read more about what you need to do if you have been to an interstate exposure site including home quarantine requirements.

This table last updated 26 Oct 2021 2:58pm.

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New Zealand exposure venues

If you have been to any of the below interstate exposure venue at the relevant times you must do the following:

1. immediately travel by private transport directly to your home or accommodation and quarantine for 14 days since you were at the exposure venue
2. get tested at your earliest opportunity
3. complete the online contact tracing form by clicking on the name for the relevant location in the table below. A pop up window will appear with specific advice for that location and a link to the form.
   If you are unable to complete the contact tracing form please call 134 COVID (134 268)
4. continue to quarantine even after receiving a negative result. After you complete the contact tracing form you will be contacted by Queensland Health
5. continue to monitor for symptoms while you are quarantined. If you become symptomatic get tested and isolate until you receive a negative result
6. if you were in hotel quarantine, you must get tested 2 to 3 days after leaving quarantine (on day 16 or 17 since the quarantine commenced). There will be some additional restrictions from when you leave quarantine until you receive a negative result from this test, including staying at home and limiting your contact with the community. This includes not attending work.

Notes about these New Zealand interstate exposure venues:

• there is no identified date for these venues.
• check the New Zealand Ministry of Health website for the most current list of exposure sites
• the health advice provided by New Zealand may differ to the advice on this page. Different state governments manage the risk of transmission differently. If you are in Queensland, you must to follow the advice listed on this page as per the Interstate Exposure Venues Direction
• read more about what you need to do if you have been to an interstate exposure site including home quarantine requirements.

This table last updated 26 Oct 2021 2:58pm.

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Help prevent the spread of COVID-19

Contact tracing for COVID-19

If a person gets a positive test result for COVID-19, we do what is called ‘contact tracing’. This is to prevent the virus spreading further through the community. It is the same process that we use with other contagious viruses like measles.

As part of this process, we speak to the sick person to find out who might have had close contact with them when they would have been infectious.

If there are people who had close contact with the sick person, our staff get in touch with them directly. If they start showing symptoms, we get them assessed faster and take the right action.

If we can’t find the people who had been in close contact with a person who tested positive, we will issue an alert on our website and through media and social media. This lists the dates, times and places where the sick person was. We ask the public who may have had contact with that sick person at one of those times or places to contact us.

Close contact

A close contact is a person who has:

• had face-to-face contact for any amount of time or shared a closed space for at least 1 hour with a confirmed case during their infectious period
• been to a venue or location where the risk of transmission is considered high based on public health assessment.

The local public health unit will tell you if you have been deemed a close contact of someone who has COVID-19. They may direct you to quarantine for 14 days. If you get sick with any COVID-19 symptoms during that period, even mild, get tested immediately.

If you haven’t already been contacted by health authorities and think you should be deemed a close contact of a confirmed case, call 134 COVID (134 268).

Hoax COVID-19 messages

We have received reports of COVID-19 themed hoax text messages (SMS) and emails, for example, notifying people they are a close contact to a confirmed COVID-19 positive case. These messages usually include a link or may ask for personal information including banking or superannuation details.

If you receive one of these messages, delete the message and do not click the link or provide personal or financial information. If you are a genuine close contact the Public Health Team will continue to attempt to make contact. To verify if a message received is genuine, call the public health unit closest to you.

If you have already clicked the link, or given personal or financial information to the sender, contact your financial institution immediately for advice. For more information visit the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission: Scam watch.