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Subscriber only Queensland is on track to lift all COVID-19 restrictions on Friday after one new case was recorded in hotel quarantine. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk revealed a woman had tested positive in hotel quarantine after flying in from Brazil. Ms Palaszczuk said restrictions currently implemented across Greater Brisbane, including mandatory wearing of masks and patron limits, were set to be lifted after no new community cases. If we continue on this track it s more than likely all of those restrictions will be removed, she said. In the past 24 hours 5173 COVID-19 tests were undertaken. The state has not had a case of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in the community since January 7.
The Premier has confirmed three new COVID-19 cases overnight but could face tough questions over the handling of two people in hotel quarantine who were able to leave before testing positive.
The Premier has confirmed three new COVID-19 cases overnight but could face tough questions over the handling of two people in hotel quarantine who were able to leave before testing positive.
Concerned health authorities are scrambling to test hundreds of people after the hotel cluster grew to six, with two people mysteriously catching the UK strain.
Greater Brisbane is apparently the only place in the world, apart from a handful of Indian states, where masks have been a prerequisite for driving. Unwitting drivers in the subcontinent were reportedly pulled over and fined by cops back in September 2020 for not wearing a mask when behind the wheel, even when they weren t transporting any passengers. Back then, India was reporting up to 90,000 cases of COVID-19 a day. But over the weekend, drivers in Greater Brisbane - with its grand total of one case of community transmission at the time - were asked to do the same. The Queensland Health website at the time even clarified that when in your car, you were outside your home and therefore were required to wear a mask.