‘Don’t need to’: Qld scraps Covid rule as cases continue to ease

One Australian state has scrapped a major Covid-19 rule as the latest wave continues to ease and hospitalisations fall.

Queenslanders will no longer be recommended to wear masks while indoors, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced.

The major change comes after Queensland’s latest Covid-19 wave passed, with cases peaking around late July and slowly easing off in the weeks since.

Another 2091 new cases were recorded on Friday, along with eight deaths.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced indoor mask wearing will no longer be recommended, with exceptions for public transport, health and aged care and planes.

The same day, Ms Palaszczuk said the government would no longer recommend people wear masks in indoor settings.

“As we come off the third wave of Omicron and recorded cases and hospitalisations continue to reduce, the recommendations regarding wearing masks indoor now changes,” she said.

Today we have recorded 2,091 new COVID-19 cases.

Sadly, we have reported 8 deaths in the past 24 hours.

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— Queensland Health (@qldhealth) August 26, 2022

The requirement will remain in place for health and aged care centres and on public transport.

They will also still be required on planes.

“The advice is still to wear one if you are a person who is considered vulnerable, and don‘t forget too it’s still your choice,” Ms Palaszczuk said.

“From today on, you do not need to wear a mask indoors.”