The new local case is being investigated and was so far not linked to a current infection.Results for the 13-year-old girl, who attends the St Thomas More College in Sunnybank triggered authorities to ask parents to collect students immediately as the scramble to trace the source of the exposure begins.The new infection is so far not linked to a truck driver who visited several venues in Brisbane emerged as a new infection on Thursday.Health authorities are contact-tracing people who visited venues in Archerfield and Westfield Garden City in Upper Mount Gravatt on Sunday and Monday.Queensland Health said the truck driver has returned to NSW, where he has since tested positive.Earlier on Thursday, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk confirmed a child from southeast Queensland had tested positive to Covid-19.The 10-year-old boy is the brother of a four-year-old who tested positive last week, linked to a Beenleigh childcare centre.The Beenleigh cluster originated after a truck driver, who contracted the virus in NSW, spent time in the Logan/Beenleigh community while infectious.The driver spread it to a co-worker and her four-year-old daughter, prompting hundreds of people linked to the childcare centre into isolation.Close contact venuesAnyone who attended one of the following venues at the times listed is a close contact and must immediately get tested and isolate until contacted by Queensland Health:ARCHERFIELDBP Service Station, Corner Randolph St and Boundary Rd: Sunday September 5, 6.30pm – 7.15pm and Monday September 6, 8.50am – 9.30amUPPER MOUNT GRAVATTGrill’d, Westfield Garden City Town Square, Corner Logan and Kessels Rd, Sunday September 5, 8pm – 9.30pm and Monday September 6, 5.35pm – 6.05pmMomo Chicken & Beer, Level 2 (near Timezone), Westfield Garden City, Corner Logan and Kessels Rd, Monday September 6, 5.05pm – 5.30pmMale Toilet, Food Court Level 2 (near McDonald’s), Westfield Garden City, Corner Logan and Kessels Rd, Monday September 6, 5.20pm – 5.40pmCinnabon, Level 2 (near Centre Court), Westfield Garden City, Corner Logan and Kessels Rd, Monday September 6, 5.20pm – 5.45pmCasual contact venuesThose who attended the following venues must immediately get tested until a negative result is received.UPPER MOUNT GRAVATTWestfield Garden City, Town Square, Corner Logan and Kessels Rd, Sunday September 5, 8pm – 9.30pm, Monday September 6, 5pm – 6.05pmWestfield Garden City, Food Court Level 2, Corner Logan and Kessels Rd, Monday September 6, 5pm – 6.05pmAnyone who attended other parts of Westfield Garden City Shopping Centre on Monday, September 6 between 5pm and 6.05pm must also get tested but they are not required to isolate unless symptoms appear.
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