Mask restrictions in the southeast will remain in place for another week as authorities express concern over a number of flights taken by a man who tested positive at a Brisbane backpackers after being turned away at the WA border.
People in southeast Queensland are expected to face another week of wearing masks with Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young expressing concern about the number of Covid ‘incursions’ into the state.
The identities of a man and woman behind Queensland’s latest Covid-19 scare have been revealed, as a video emerged of the Sydney escapee doing … well, we’re not all that sure.
The first pictures have emerged of Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner as they gain first-hand perspective of what it’s like to be cooped up in quarantine.
As health officials work to find out how a Gold Coast man contracted Covid-19 nearly two weeks after leaving hotel quarantine, a Queensland mayor has blasted the ‘arrogance’ of people who refuse to wear a mask.
The search for missing Dreamworld widower Dave Turner, who tragically witnessed his partner Kate Goodchild die, has been called off due to safety concerns.
Queensland authorities are warning the “sheer number of risks” in the community are alarming, despite recording no new cases, as new results reveal a “mystery” case in a returned traveller from China is the Delta strain, picked up in hotel quarantine.
Shock photos have emerged of unmasked Sydneysiders crowding Bronte Beach and shopping centre despite the dangerous Delta outbreak sweeping their state, as Brisbane continues to mask up in a bid to fight off the threat from NSW.
The return of border blockades is another body blow for Gold Coast businesses who feel like they’re in a ‘rolling boxing match’, a local corporate leader says. HAVE YOUR SAY IN OUR POLL
Queensland will close its border to NSW as the situation there continues to escalate, while masks must be worn for another seven days in the state’s southeast. But a number of restrictions will be eased after no new Covid-19 cases were recorded in the past 24 hours.
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