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A Queensland beauty salon has closed its doors after a staff member was diagnosed with the potentially deadly coronavirus after returning from overseas.

Hair and Beauty Plus at the Australia Fair shopping centre on the Gold Coast announced it was voluntarily closing for 14 days “in the best interest of our clients, staff and the community”.

Late last week, authorities in Queensland revealed the 63-year-old beautician had come into contact with up to 40 facial treatment clients in the space of a day on February 27.

When she began feeling unwell, the woman told her manager and went home, before going to hospital where the infection was later confirmed.

In a brief message on its Facebook page overnight, Hair and Beauty Plus said it would close as a precaution.

“We have decided to close our business for the next 14 days due to the recent case of coronavirus,” the message read.

“Despite being cleared by the Queensland Health, we have made this decision in the best interest of our clients, staff and the community.

“Our thoughts are with our colleague and her family at this difficult time. Thanks for your continued support.”

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Queensland’s chief health officer Dr Jeannette Young said the woman saw up to 40 clients for facial treatments but stressed that the risk of transmission was low.

“She had a number of clients each for brief interactions, so we believe the risk is incredibly low,” Dr Young told reporters last week.

“Because as soon as she had her first symptom she spoke to her manager and she went home and she went to Gold Coast University Hospital to get tested.”

Despite that, Queensland Health was tracking down those who came into contact with the beautician to check on their health and wellbeing.

The news of the salon’s closure comes in the wake of the first cases of human-to-human transmission of COVID-19 in Australia being confirmed yesterday.

In Sydney, a doctor who treated a patient with coronavirus was diagnosed and in a second case, the sister of a man who arrived in Australia from Iran on Sunday contracted the disease.

This morning, an international student living in Brisbane was confirmed as the 10th person to be infected by the coronavirus in Queensland and the 34th in Australia.

The 20-year-old man from China is currently in a stable condition in isolation in the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.

The man had travelled to Dubai for at least 14 days before entering Australia, via Brisbane on February 23. He became unwell on February 25.