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A seventh new case of Covid-19 has been confirmed in Queensland after a person was infectious in the community for two days before testing positive on Friday.
Queensland Health has now issued a public health alert and listed eight new exposure sites in Capalaba in south-east Brisbane, including a Thai restaurant.
'Contact tracing and investigation is underway,' a department statement said.
Authorities had earlier reported six new cases in home and hotel quarantine on Friday.
The new exposures sites include an Ampol service station and six shops at the Capalaba Park Shopping Centre on Tuesday.
A seventh new case of Covid has been confirmed in Queensland and Health Minister Yvette D'Ath (pictured) urged people to get tested as officials search for the source of the outbreak
However, the only close contact exposure site listed is the Siam Thai Restaurant on Monday night.
The case comes with authorities trying to find the missing link that spread the virus to a Gold Coast man, who tested positive on Wednesday.
Deputy Chief Health Officer Peter Aitken said the man was genomically linked to NSW clusters but had not travelled interstate.
'So we don't know how he's got COVID at this stage,' he told reporters.
'What it does mean is that we need everyone at Gold Coast to come forward and get tested, more important to get vaccinated.'
Health Minister Yvette D'Ath urged people to get tested as the person who passed on COVID-19 to the man could still be infectious in the community.
Meanwhile, the minister said Queensland was not planning to change travel rules for South Australia after 18 new local cases emerged there on Thursday.
'We're not making any changes at this point but we are watching it very,
