Two Australian states on COVID-19 alert after infected woman's interstate travel

SYDNEY: Two Australian states are on COVID-19 alert after an infected woman and her husband travelled from Victoria -- through New South Wales and into Queensland, visiting dozens of sites on the way.

Queensland state Health Minister Yvette D'Ath told reporters in Brisbane on Thursday that the couple's tests suggested they were likely at the end of their infectious period. Queensland authorities said they were investigating if the couple, who drove from Melbourne, had a travel exemption to enter the state, despite their home state of Victoria being under a hard lockdown.

New South Wales authorities said the pair traveled mostly through regional towns over five days last week."The message broadly to our regional communities is be on high alert, this is a real and present danger to us, having people who are positive, travelling through our state stopping at multiple venues puts our state at risk," New South Wales state Health Minister Brad Hazzard said.

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