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Vic’s COVID-positive road-trippers fined $4000 each

The couple allegedly left Melbourne while it was in lockdown, travelling through NSW to get to Queensland.

The couple allegedly left Melbourne while it was in lockdown, travelling through NSW to get to Queensland. Photo: AAP

Queensland police have fined a Melbourne couple who tested positive to COVID-19 on the Sunshine Coast more than $4000 each for allegedly lying on their border declaration passes.

The couple allegedly travelled to Queensland via Goondiwindi on June 5 after having been in Victoria.

The pair entered the state when the Victorian capital was in lockdown.

Police allege the pair deliberately provided false information to obtain a Queensland border declaration pass.

Authorities were later alerted to the pair after the woman, 44, tested positive to coronavirus on June 9, sparking a major contact tracing effort across south-east Queensland.

The man, 48, also tested positive the following day.

The pair were interviewed by police after being released from hospital, where they were undergoing treatment for COVID-19.

They were each issued with a $4003 fine for failing to comply with a COVID-19 border direction.

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