A man who was intercepted at a Queensland airport flew out of Melbourne knowing he was COVID positive, Deputy Premier Steven Miles said.
The 48-year-old man was a passenger on a Jetstar flight, JQ560, which landed in Brisbane just after 9am yesterday.
Contact tracing operations are now underway, as other passengers on the Jetstar flight may have contracted the virus.
There are also fears a private Christian school southeast of Brisbane could bloom into a cluster, after a second student tested positive.
"Authorities in Queensland and Victoria will now investigate whether the [Jetstar passenger] has committed an offence," Mr Miles said.
The infected man had tested positive "some time ago".
Victorian authorities had been attempting to locate the man, Mr Miles said.
"He was intercepted at the airport as someone coming from a hotspot and put into quarantine.
"Victorian authorities, subsequent to that, advise that he was positive.
"The only concern with regards to contact tracing therefore relates to people who are on that flight."
The man is now in quarantine in Queensland, while police investigations are underway.
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Queensland reported two new cases of coronavirus, including a nurse at Ipswich Hospital, in the past 24 hours.
The other case was a student at Staines Memorial College, the second known case from that school.
"We are in the process of testing all of the (600) students," Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said.
Staines Memorial College, south-west of Brisbane, was closed for deep cleaning and contact tracing yesterday, after a first student tested positive over the weekend.
The 37-year-old male nurse worked in the COVID ward of Ipswich Hospital.
"He identified that he had abdominal pain which is not normally considered a symptom of COVID-19," Mr Miles said.
"But he was incredibly wise, and he identified that that was a symptom that could be from COVID-19."
The nurse got tested for coronavirus and returned a positive result.
It comes after one new case in the state yesterday.
That positive case was infectious for two days while out in the community, visiting some very busy places.
Locations visited included the Logan Hyperdome, including the Kmart, and the Waterford Plaza on the 26th and 27th.
That person also visited Pizza Hut in Beenleigh, Logan.
Ms Palaszczuk told reporters yesterday she was "not going to be moved" by the Federal Government to open Queensland's borders.
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