Qld works to stop spread of coronavirus
Queensland health authorities are working to contain the possible spread of coronavirus after a Gold Coast worker contracted the disease.
A beautician at the Hair Plus salon at Australia Fair at Southport saw up to 40 people on Thursday before she developed symptoms and went home.
She's now in isolation at Gold Coast University Hospital (GCUH).
The state's chief medical officer Dr Jeannette Young said officials were contacting known customers, but not everyone was accounted for.
"We know that they haven't got records of all of these clients because a lot pay by cash," she said on Saturday.
Anyone who visited the salon from 11am on Thursday is urged to contact GCUH.
She said because most of the contact the 63-year-old had with each customer was for less than 15 minutes, the risk she had passed on the virus was "incredibly low".
The woman, who returned to Australia from Iran on February 24, went home from work on Thursday as soon as she developed symptoms.
The total number of Australians who have contracted coronavirus now stands at 25.
Australian Associated Press