The majority of passengers on two flights into Brisbane in the Australian state of Queensland will no longer need to spend Christmas isolating after being reduced to casual contact status on Wednesday, after a man onboard was deemed a close contact of a confirmed COVID-19 case. Queensland Health Minister Yvette D’Ath revealed that after lengthy discussions overnight, including consultations with chief health officers from other states, Queensland Chief Health Officer John Gerrard decided that only those passengers sitting near the infected man will be deemed close contacts. This comes after Queensland reopened its borders to interstate hotspots on Monday, and a Defence Force employee flew from Newcastle to Brisbane and then on to Townsville that day, unaware he was a close contact of a positive case until he was advised after arriving in Townsville, ABC reported. The man got tested immediately and went into quarantine, and until the recent change of …