Department of Health media releases

6 October 2020
Investigation into North Rockhampton Nursing Centre

Today Queensland Health is releasing findings of the investigation into the North Rockhampton Nursing Centre where a nurse tested positive to COVID-19 in May this year.

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2 October 2020
Follow-up Hervey Bay wastewater COVID-19 test negative

Follow-up testing has returned negative after an earlier test found low-level viral fragments of COVID-19 in sewage at the wastewater treatment plant at Pulgul in Hervey Bay.

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2 October 2020
Queensland COVID-19 update

Queensland has one new case of COVID-19 to report today, bringing the state's total to 1,157.

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2 October 2020
Queensland COVID-19 update

Queensland has three new cases of COVID-19 to report today, bringing the state's total to 1,156.

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15 September 2020
15 September 2020 COVID update

Queensland has one new case of coronavirus (COVID-19) to report today, bringing the state's total cases to 1,150.

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15 September 2020
Young people aren't immune to COVID-19

Gold Coast University Hospital Immunology Unit nurse Topaz Stringfellow knows only too well how COVID-19 can affect young people - and how easily the virus can spread.

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14 September 2020
Public Health Alert - Ipswich region - 14 September 2020

Queensland has added three suburbs to its contact tracing page, where a confirmed COVID-19 case has visited - Goodna, Redbank, Redbank Plains

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14 September 2020
A life-saving question - could this be sepsis?

For Queenslander Casey Walsh, World Sepsis Day this September is a reminder that when something doesn't seem quite right to not be afraid to speak up and to always ask, 'could it be sepsis?'.

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12 September 2020
Public Health Alert: 12 September 2020

Queensland Health has expanded its list of venues where confirmed COVID-19 cases have visited.

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12 September 2020
Queensland COVID-19 update

Queensland has three new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) to report today, bringing the state's total cases to 1,149.

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11 September 2020
Public Health Alert: 11 September 2020

Queensland Health has expanded its list of venues where confirmed COVID-19 cases have visited.

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10 September 2020
Public Health Alert: 10 September 2020

Queensland Health has expanded its list of venues where confirmed COVID-19 cases have visited.

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9 September 2020
Queensland COVID-19 update

Queensland has eight new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) to report today, bringing the state's total cases to 1,143.

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8 September 2020
Queensland COVID-19 update - 8 September 2020

Queensland has recorded just one new case of COVID-19, with a returned traveller testing positive. The woman, aged in her 20s, is in hotel quarantine on the Sunshine Coast.

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8 September 2020
Public Health Alert: 8 September 2020

Queensland Health has expanded its list of venues where confirmed COVID-19 cases have visited.

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5 September 2020
Public Health Alert: 5 September 2020

Queensland Health has expanded its list of venues where confirmed COVID-19 cases have visited.

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4 September 2020
Public Health Alert: 4 September 2020

Queensland Health has expanded its list of venues where confirmed COVID-19 cases have visited.

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3 September 2020
COVID-19 viral fragments detected in Airlie Beach sewage

Viral fragments of COVID-19 have been detected in a sample from the Cannonvale-Airlie Beach sewage treatment plant.

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2 September 2020
Public Health Alert: 2 September 2020

Queensland Health has expanded its list of venues where confirmed COVID-19 cases have visited.

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2 September 2020
COVID clouds bring silver lining with many Queenslanders leading healthier lifestyles

A new routine of working from home since lockdown began has given Recruitment Consultant and single mum Rose Hampton from Strathpine an opportunity to live a healthier lifestyle over the last five months, greatly improving her mental and physical wellbeing.

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Last updated: 10 November 2023