An Australian teenager is refusing to tell health officials what she did for eight days in Brisbane before testing positive for COVID-19, putting contact tracing on hold.
The teen is one of two 19-year-old women accused of bringing coronavirus back to Queensland after they travelled to the state from Melbourne via Sydney on July 21.
Health authorities revealed that they did not undergo mandatory isolation after arriving from Melbourne and both spent eight days in the community before testing positive for COVID-19.
Now the girl is refusing to tell authorities where she has been.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says she's "absolutely furious that this has happened".
"There is a social responsibility here for everyone to do the right thing and they've put the health of Queenslanders and their families at risk," she says.
"We need people to tell the truth… We do not want a second wave here. We do not want widespread community transmission."
Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young is urging the community to download the COVIDSafe app so that they can be warned if there is an outbreak.
"We have now contact traced all of the people who have been in close contact with that first confirmed case that went to Melbourne," she told reporters on Thursday.
"Unfortunately, the second confirmed case has not wanted to let us know where she has been so, therefore, that is why I am spreading that message that if anyone is unwell, to please get tested because I don’t know where that second case has been."
The women have reportedly been fined AU$4000 (NZ$4211) each for breaching isolation rules.
