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The partner of a Brisbane man who holidayed on the Sunshine Coast has also tested positive to the coronavirus, but no new exposure sites have been added.

The man and woman visited a number of venues in Eumundi, Sunshine Beach and Noosa (listed below), many of them together.

The woman was among four new locally acquired cases announced in Queensland on Monday, all of which could be traced back to a known source.

There were also three new cases among overseas arrivals in hotel quarantine.

One of the latest community transmitted infections was a close contact of someone from the Greek Orthodox Community Centre cluster and a second case was her daughter.

The third case was a colleague of the Brisbane man, 29, who visited Eumundi in late June and the fourth his partner.

All new cases had the Alpha strain and Dr Jeannette Young said she did not believe the much more contagious Delta variant was circulating in the community.

Dr Young said contact tracing detectives had determined the venue that was considered the “site of transmission” that three cases had attended.

That location was Zeus Street Greek at Westfield Chermside which the Eumundi holidaymaker had been to.

The current list of Sunshine Coast exposure sites, including the latest cases and infections from last week are:

Glass House Mountains

  • Tuesday 22 June: McDonald’s Glass House Mountains, 4288 Bruce Highway, Coochin Creek, 5.45am to 6am

Maroochydore

  • Tuesday 22 June: Domino’s Pizza — Sunshine Homemaker Centre, 100 Maroochydore Road, Maroochydore, 9.35pm to 9.40pm

Sippy Downs

  • Monday 28 June: Male toilet, G/F, J Block, University of the Sunshine Coast, 90 Sippy Downs Drive, Sippy Downs, 6.50am to 2.50pm
  • Monday 28 June: Coles Sippy Downs, 107 Sippy Downs Drive, Sippy Downs, 8.10am  to 8.35am
  • Tuesday 29 June: Male toilet, G/F, J Block, University of the Sunshine Coast, 90 Sippy Downs Drive, Sippy Downs, 6.50am to 3pm

Tuesday 29 June: Coles Sippy Downs, 107 Sippy Downs Drive, Sippy Downs, 8.15am to 8.35am

Doonan

  • Sunday 27 June: United Petroleum Shop, 686 Eumundi Noosa Road, Doonan, 1pm to 1.15pm

Eumundi

  • Monday 28 June: Humdrum Espresso, 100 Memorial Drive, Eumundi, 9.25am to 9.45am
  • Wednesday 30 June: Sala Thai, 102 Memorial Drive, Eumundi 6.55pm to 7.30pm
  • Thursday 1 July: Eumundi Village Pharmacy, 1/2-6 Etheridge St, 5.13pm to 5.16pm
  • Friday 2 July: Humdrum Expresso, 100 Memorial Drive, Eumundi, 9.14am to 9.21am

Noosa/Sunshine Beach

  • Monday 28 June:  O-Ren Brew House, 8/46-52 Duke Street, Sunshine Beach, 6.55pm to 8pm
  • Monday 28 June: Sunshine Beach Newsagency and general store, 44 Duke Street, Sunshine Beach 8pm to 8.15pm
  • Thursday 1 July: Blended Health Bar, Shop 4/18 Hastings St, 10.47am to 10.57am

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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said Monday’s case numbers were “good news” as they could all be traced back to the existing clusters.

Between the Greek Orthodox Community Centre and the Portuguese Restaurant there have now been 23 cases.

“It just goes to show these short sharp lockdowns do work; they give our contact tracers that vital time they need to get on top of things,” she said.

Vaccine rollout delays

Ms Palaszczuk praised Queenslanders for coming out in droves to get vaccinated, with more than 92,000 getting the jab in the past week at Queensland Health hubs.

However she said supplies of Pfizer from the Federal Government were not keeping up with demand which would cause a three-month wait for eligible Queenslanders who had not yet received a booking.

Ms Palaszczuk said people who had registered interest online for Pfizer, but not yet received a booking date, would be contacted and told their vaccination appointment would have to wait until October when an influx of doses was expected.

Health minister Yvette D’Ath said there were more than 140,000 Queenslanders who had registered online but not been given a jab date and these were the people who would have to wait until October-November.

Ms D’Ath said priority would be given to those who had already received a first dose and and the 228,250 Queenslanders who were already booked in.

The minister said  supplies from the Federal Government were “stagnant” and she had written to the Commonwealth asking for more.

Queensland was currently receiving 65,000 doses a week until October which was not enough to cover everyone who wanted one, said the Premier.

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