Acting Chief Superintendent Rhys Wildman said he was “very hopeful” the borders will stay open as Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria count down to the break beginning on June 26.

“The Gold Coast is open for business, the residents and actually the businesses here, the hotels, are very much looking forward to the school holidays,” he told Channel Nine on Monday.

Genomic sequencing shows the flight attendant does not have the more infectious Delta strain, discounting the theory she picked up the virus from a passenger on board an Emirates flight that landed in Brisbane on June 5.

Contract tracers are working to determine if the virus spread when the woman visited the Direct Factory Outlet shopping centre at the airport as well as Brisbane’s CBD and the Portuguese Centre in Ellen Grove. There have been no additional community-acquired cases in the past 24 hours.

The woman, aged in her 30s, tested negative during her stay in hotel quarantine before being released on Saturday morning. She transferred to non-quarantine crew accommodation, were a routine test that day returned a positive result in the evening.

Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young today said the woman had the Alpha virus, which she is believed to have picked up from another crew member, who was staying in the same quarantine hotel but on a different floor and having arrived on a different flight. Investigations into the transmission are continuing.

Young said she was confident Queensland Health had detected the case early enough to alert the community to exposure sites, which include the Cotton On store at DFO. She was less concerned about the woman’s visit to the CBD for “some window shopping,” but acknowledged it was busy with a scavenger hunt at the time.

The new community case comes as Queensland prepares to ease more restrictions on Friday.

Capacity at indoor venues is set to increase and limits on gatherings removed.

Health Minister Yvette D’Ath said the changes are possible because of the state’s check in app and confirmed more venues will have to use the system.

“Places like food courts, open houses, hairdressers, casinos, theme parks and caravan parks will be required to use the app,” Miss D’Ath said on Sunday.

The Palaszczuk government has urged Queenslanders to listen to the health advice, get tested when necessary, be aware of any exposure sites and get vaccinated as soon as possible.