QUEENSLANDERS will find out tomorrow if travellers from Greater Sydney can enter the Sunshine State once more. It comes as Queensland health officials gear up for the roll out of the COVID-19 vaccine and after just one new case of coronavirus was recorded here in the past 24 hours. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk confirmed a decision on the ongoing border closure to Sydney would be made on Thursday. I will be taking advice from (Chief Health Officer) Dr (Jeannette) Young and the Health Minister and we will be carefully looking at those issues, she said. Dr Young said once the Commonwealth Government had secured supplies of the COVID vaccine, health officials would be able to roll them out immediately .
The areas included in the Greater Brisbane lockdown area Brisbane, Logan, Ipswich, Moretron, and Redlands.
The restrictions mean Brisbane residents will only be allowed to leave their homes for one of four essential reasons; essential work, health or compassionate care, exercise and essential shopping.
Residents have been instructed to wear masks if they are leaving their homes, and are asked not to make non-essential trips to places such as nail salons, cinemas, gyms, and hairdressers.
Gatherings for funerals have been restricted to 20 people and weddings 10.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said in a Tweet the new lockdown was a wise call.