The Premier said the condition of the ride-share driver had deteriorated and he was likely to need intensive care, while the Prime Minister expressed his frustration with the case.
The Queensland government will not mandate vaccination for staff or customers, but is offering early freedoms for companies that take it on before borders are fully opened on December 17.
That deadline would allow Queenslanders to have received both doses of vaccine and time for immunity to develop, before the state reopened its borders in December.