Should Cape York FIFO workers get fast-tracked COVID vaccine amid concerning virus crisis involving nearby islands?
Reports of three Border Force officers contracting a devastating infectious disease have triggered calls to ramp up outbreak screening in FNQ.
Three new cases of overseas-acquired COVID-19 have been confirmed in Cairns, while the city has also returned a surprise wastewater result.
Biosecurity Queensland has warned people not to handle bats after a juvenile red flying fox in a Cairns suburb tested positive to a deadly virus.