Queensland records three new cases of Covid but Premier insists she’s not worried

Queensland records three new cases of Covid but Annastacia Palaszczuk insists she’s not worried about the sudden jump

  • Three new cases announced in Queensland at Tuesday’s Covid update
  •  Prime Minister Annastacia Palaszczuk said sh
  • One was in hotel quarantine and two in home quarantine linked to earlier cases 

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced a jump of three new cases in the state on Tuesday but said she’s not worried about them. 

‘The first one is an overseas acquired case detected in hotel quarantine,’ the Premier announced. ‘And the other two cases are locally acquired but detected in home quarantine and linked to known cases.’

Chief Health Office Jeannette Young said one case had just returned from the UK via Singapore and tested positive on the first day in hotel quarantine Then other two cases

Two further cases were linked to the Greek orthodox community centre cases identified two weeks ago.

Ms Palaszczuk said the state continued to monitor the Covid situation in NSW but would not as yet change its settings in regard to closing the border. 

‘I want to reassure Queenslanders that if it gets to the stage that we have to close, we will,’ she said.

‘But at this stage we are monitoring it every single day.’

Restrictions are already in place for all visitors from Greater Sydney, who are required to do 14 days quarantine on arrival on Queensland. 

The Premier also repeated her call for Queenslanders to return from NSW, even from regional areas.

‘We want Queenslanders to come home because the [situation] is unfolding each day in NSW,’ she said. 

‘We are seeing more hospitalisations and we are monitoring whether it’s spreading to other parts of NSW. 

‘So if we do see it spreading to other parts of NSW we won’t hesitate to shut the border.’  

Meanwhile, Queenslanders are preparing for an easing of local restrictions that were introduced last month after simultaneous COVID-19 clusters emerged.

From 6am on Friday, masks will no longer be mandatory in the general community but will still have to be worn at airports and on planes.

Cafes and restaurants will be able to take in more patrons, dancing at nightclubs will return, and there’ll be no restrictions on vaccinated people visiting hospitals, aged-care homes or residential disability care providers.

 

 

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