The Premier said the new cases were contained to one family, meaning there was no evidence yet of community transmission.More than 1000 close contacts have been ordered into isolation and visitors at aged care facilities between Logan and South Brisbane limited to end-of-life reasons.Visitors to prisons have also been limited, and any evidence of infection beyond the household would trigger a snap lockdown of the state’s southeast, Ms Palaszczuk told reporters on Saturday.The warning came after a staff member at Griffith University was revealed as a new case on Friday night.The person was connected to the original infection, a 13-year-old girl from south Brisbane.The source of her infection is not yet confirmed but St Thomas More College in Sunnybank was closed for deep cleaning after the girl was infectious at school for three days.Chief health officer Jeannette Young said the young girl had alerted her mother to a headache, prompting the family to come forward for testing.The case is not linked to a known cluster in Queensland but the top doctor said it was the highly infectious Delta strain, likely originating from NSW.“The father, who these children saw on Fathers’ Day, actually had a visitor from NSW stay with him overnight on Fathers’ Day,” Dr Young said.“So we’re urgently working with NSW colleagues, because this gentleman who was visiting has gone back to NSW, to get him tested. “That’s the most likely source for this outbreak this with this family of five.”Griffith University Vice-Chancellor Professor Carolyn Evans emailed staff on Friday, informing them a staff member had tested positive. The worker was a family relative of the 13-year-old Sunnybank girl.Ms Evans advised the positive case attended a meeting in one campus building and visited another on Wednesday. She said those who also attended the meeting were told of the cases and asked to go home as well as being encouraged to get tested and await advice from Queensland Health.Both buildings will remain closed over the weekend for deep cleaning. “We expect Queensland Health to provide some advice to the University community in the next 24 hours and w will share it with you as soon as we do,” Ms Evans said in her email.“From a business continuity perspective, if you have equipment on campus, you may want to take it with you to prepare for any potential lockdown in south east Queensland.“I realise that this is likely to be a difficult period for a number of staff, including for those who have children at St Thomas More College. We are committed to continuing to support you.”
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