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Contact tracing — 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
• New South Wales
• Melbourne's Northern Suburbs in Victoria.

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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.

Close contacts – quarantine until further advice from Queensland Health

If you have been to this location in Queensland at the relevant times you 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 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.

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

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Casual contacts –  quarantine until you receive a negative test result

If you have been to any of the below locations at the relevant times you 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 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 online contact tracing form please call 134 COVID (134 268).
4. continue to quarantine until you receive a negative test result

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

On a mobile? Swipe to see all columns. This table last updated 12 Jun 2021 2:08pm.

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Hotspots and interstate exposure venues

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 Friday 11 June 2021 Greater Melbourne is a declared COVID-19 hotspot.

An interstate exposure venue is identified by another state, territory or Queensland safe travel zone country. 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.

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
New South Wales	1am AEST 18 June 2021
Victoria	1am AEST 26 May 2021

*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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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
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.

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.

On a mobile? Swipe to see all columns. This table last updated 17 Jun 2021 2:28pm.

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
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.

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.

On a mobile? Swipe to see all columns. This table last updated 17 Jun 2021 8:06am.

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To prevent the spread:

• Stay home if you are sick
• If you have any COVID-19 symptoms, no matter how mild, get tested then isolate at home until you get the results and your symptoms resolve
• Stay 1.5 metres away from other people—think two big steps
• Wash your hands with soap and water, or hand sanitiser
• Leave a location if it is crowded.

If you have any concerns about your health, or are unsure if you need to get tested or isolate, or contact 134 COVID (134 268).

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.