Five supermarkets and a surf lifesaving carnival have been added to Queensland's growing list of exposure sites.
Among the new locations are Woolworths Cleveland, Woolworths Coorparoo, Sunlit Asian Supermarket, Woolworths Southport Park and Tugun Supermarket.
Princess Alexandra hospital is also in lockdown and all staff working in the infectious diseases ward are being tested for COVID-19.
Approximately 1500 frontline health workers are yet to receive the jab despite the state's stockpile.
Experts are demanding answers after unvaccinated medics were allowed to work in proximity to COVID-positive patients.
Greater Brisbane has now been declared a COVID-19 hotspot by the federal government after the state recorded eight new cases of community transmission linked to two coronavirus clusters.
