Health authorities will begin tracing the contacts of a Townsville woman who tested positive for coronavirus while visiting Melbourne.
Health Minister Steven Miles said the woman, in her 30s, is from Townsville and had travelled to Cairns and Brisbane before going to Victoria on October 7.
She tested positive three days after arriving in Melbourne.
Mr Miles said the woman "most likely" got the virus in Melbourne, but Queensland authorities would be "ultra cautious" and treat the case as though she was infectious while in Townsville, Cairns and Brisbane.
It comes after COVID-19 was detected in Townsville's wastewater on the weekend.
Scientists are currently conducting genome sequence testing on the sewage results and the woman to see if there is a link.
"It might explain that and there is a theory there that needs to be tested," Mr Miles said.
Mr Miles said a number of the woman's known close contacts have been told to isolate and get tested.
The woman had also received treatment at several medical facilities in Queensland and a number of health care professionals are being placed into isolation.
"We've put them into quarantine first, that's the most important thing," he said.
"She's not showing any symptoms of COVID-19 and that's why it's challenging for us to identify when she may have been infectious.
"She appears to be one of these asymptomatic cases.
"If there are any locations where people may have been in contact with this woman, then we will make public health alerts during the day," he said.
The positive result has not been included in Queensland's tally, with the state recording no new cases in the past 24 hours.
Two infections remain active.
"That's really a very impressive run," Mr Miles said.
There were 5,628 tests carried out in the past 24 hours including more than 250 in Townsville.
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