{"id":136205,"date":"2021-09-29T00:54:33","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T00:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=136205"},"modified":"2021-09-29T02:57:33","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T02:57:33","slug":"grand-final-venue-clearer-as-brisbane-buckles-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=136205","title":{"rendered":"Grand final venue clearer as Brisbane buckles down"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NRL grand final<\/a> appears likely to stay at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium, after Queensland recorded just one new local case of COVID-19 today<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Health minister Yvette D'Ath confirmed the new case is a fully vaccinated close contact of an aviation worker who had previously tested positive.<\/p>\n

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Nine's Danny Weidler said this morning that the NRL remains confident the grand final is still on track to be played in Brisbane.<\/p>\n

ARLC boss Peter V'landys confirmed yesterday that the match would be moved to Townsville if south-east Queensland was placed in lockdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But the state's chief health officer, Dr Jeannette Young, believes that's not necessary at this stage.<\/p>\n

"I can't say I'm comfortable, I'm watching this very, very carefully, because Queenslanders have done such a fantastic job with our last few outbreaks … at the moment I'm prepared to wait and see if we've got any local transmission," she said.<\/p>\n

\"Blake<\/p>\n

"At the moment, all of these cases are linked, we know exactly how they've got them."<\/p>\n

Dr Young did urge caution however, again warning she wouldn't hesitate to place the region into lockdown should circumstances change.<\/p>\n

"If we see large numbers, if we see spread, and definitely if we start seeing unlinked cases that I can't say where they've come from," she explained.<\/p>\n

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