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All Queenslanders have been asked to regularly monitor the list of exposure venues as more may appear throughout the day.Credit:Andrew Quilty

The cases have put risk-averse authorities on high alert,given the growing outbreaks in southern states and tight border restrictions to try to stop any spread into Queensland,even if largely considered inevitable.

The department had warned more sites could be listed throughout the day. Within hours,a Puma service station at Bundamba,a suburb of Ipswich,was also identified.

Fresh sites were identified late on Thursday including three stores across Beenleigh – a Total Tools,the Beenleigh Marketplace Shopping Centre and Stylish Nails inside the centre – as having been visited by one of the cases on August 29 and 30.

Areas of the BP service station at Archerfield,at the corner of Randolph and Boundary streets,were identified as close and casual contact risks on Thursday,August 26.

Portions of Goondiwindi’s BP truck stop,on the Cunningham Highway,have also been listed as close and casual sites between 5.30pm and 6.30pm on August 26,along with the Coolabah Tree Cafe on Boundary Road.

In Bundamba,the food court of the Puma site at the corner of Ashburn Road and Hawkins Crescent has been classified a close contact site between 1.20pm and 2.25pm. The rest of the service station has been deemed a casual risk.

While not on the official health authority’s list,Goondiwindi council advised residents on Facebook that the administration’s landfill site was expected to be closed until Friday morning due to a “potential casual COVID contact”.

Close contacts are required to immediately travel by private transport to their home or accommodation and quarantine,get tested,complete the online contact tracing form and quarantine until advised otherwise by Queensland Health,even after receiving a negative result.

People considered casual contacts must do the same,but are required to quarantine only until they receive a negative test result.

“We are asking all Queenslanders to regularly monitor the list of exposure venues on the Queensland Health website and follow the public health advice,as more locations may appear throughout the day,” the Queensland Health statement said.

Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young warned in late August thatany community case of the Delta strain of COVID-19 would trigger another lockdown until at least 70 per cent of the population was vaccinated.

“If we don’t find the first case,we won’t be locking down for one or two weeks,we’ll be locking down for months,” Dr Young said,referring to the since-extended lockdowns in NSW and Victoria.

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