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A childcare centre in western Brisbane is closed today after one of its educators tested positive for Coronavirus.
Key points:
- The husband of an educator at the Karana Downs centre tested positive to COVID-19
- Two other educators socialised with the couple a week earlier, one later tested positive
- The centre has been been cleaned and contact tracing is underway
Sparrow Early Learning CEO John Bairstow said the centre was working to track down children who may have come into contact with the infected staff member at their Karana Downs centre.
"We are working with public health to identify which children need to go into quarantine," he said.
"Parents have been notified that the centre has closed and why.
"At the moment contact tracing is being performed."
Mr Bairstow said the centre held up to 67 children.
Three female educators at the Karana Downs site were tested for the virus after one of their husbands returned a positive test on Friday March 13.
He said two educators socialised with a female colleague and her husband on the weekend of March 7-8 before the educator's husband tested positive to COVID-19.
"They were separated from the children and sent home," he said.
"(The man's) wife's test was negative. One of the other educators came back negative but one returned a positive test last night.
"A lot of educators are upset because a colleague has been diagnosed, we now have to go through the tracing process.
"The centre has been cleaned on the weekend.
"As the Prime Minister said childcare is an essential service, we have lots of families working for the emergency services who rely on our care so we hope to reopen as soon as (Thursday)."
The state's Health Minister Steven Miles said today there were 94 cases in the state, up from 78 yesterday.
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