In the Wide Bay Health region,\u00a0 there is just one more case, taking the total to 17.<\/p>\n
The health regions with the largest number of cases continue to be Metro North (180), Metro South (163), Gold Coast (121) and Sunshine Coast (70).<\/p>\n
Nationally, 16 people have now died from COVID-19.<\/p>\n
As at 6:00am on Sunday, there were 3809 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Australia, up 431 since 6:00am on Saturday.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Queensland\u2019s Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nQueensland\u00a0Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young has enacted more new restrictions in a bid to slow the spread of the virus.<\/strong><\/p>\nQueenslanders can now no longer have more than 10 people in their house at any one time, excluding households where more than 10 people ordinarily reside.<\/p>\n
Dr Young asked all Queenslanders to limit visiting others in their home and to consider other ways of keeping in touch, such as phone calls.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need everyone to stay in their own home where possible and ensure social distancing at all times. Unfortunately this no longer means you can invite your friends over,\u201d Dr Young said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe understand how important social contact with friends and family is but we need to do everything we can to slow down the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and this means limiting the number of people in each household to a maximum of 10.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr Young said this did not apply to households where more than 10 people ordinarily reside.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor example, if 12 people live in one household, they can be there at the same time, but no visitors are allowed,\u201d Dr Young said.<\/p>\n
The restrictions came into effect on midnight on Friday (March 27) until further notice.<\/p>\n
People who do not comply with this direction can be fined.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk (Photo: Twitter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nPremier Annastacia Palaszczuk has confirmed the Department of Health is proactively exploring options for setting up plans for temporary hospitals statewide in vacant hotels, convention centres and possibly mining camps to treat COVID-19 patients if there is an overflow from hospitals.<\/strong><\/p>\nIn Brisbane, the RNA Convention Centre could quickly be transformed to take patients and it would be a case of history repeating – the RNA showground was used as a treatment centre for patients during the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic.<\/p>\n
Some hotels, particularly near Queensland\u2019s major hospitals throughout the State have also been approached about providing bed space.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope it doesn\u2019t come to this \u2013 I really do \u2013 but the coronavirus pandemic is upon us now and our hospitals and medical staff over the coming months could be under enormous strain,\u201d the Premier said.<\/p>\n
\u201cPreparations to set-up extra facilities and off-site hospitals are simply a necessity.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey would contain and treat people who have contracted the COVID-19 virus and who may have minor difficulties but don\u2019t require intensive care.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is imperative we prevent our hospitals from being overwhelmed all at once.”<\/p>\n
The Premier also emphasised that people who are told to self-isolate, must follow the instructions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cPeople who defy the need to self-isolate face fines of up to $13,345 and police won\u2019t hesitate to act,” she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce again, I appeal to Queenslanders to stay home and take every precaution to ensure that our health facilities are not overwhelmed.\u201d<\/p>\n
* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\nSince last Monday, police have conducted more than 2023 non-essential business compliance checks across Queensland.<\/strong><\/p>\nIf a person does not comply with the quarantine directions, penalties of up to $13,345 for individuals and $66,672.50 for corporations may apply.<\/p>\n
Police can also issue on-the-spot fines of $1334.50 for individuals and $6672.50 for corporations which fail to abide by the health directions.<\/p>\n
* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe Australian Defence Force has deployed teams across the country to work in partnership with State and Territory police to conduct COVID-19 quarantine compliance checks.<\/strong><\/p>\nThe ADF will provide logistics support for police as they enforce mandatory quarantine and isolation measures.<\/p>\n
In NSW, more than 30 personnel will support police at Sydney Airport, with at least another 40 supporting the quarantine of six separate hotels.<\/p>\n
In Queensland, around a dozen have deployed to Brisbane and Cairns airports. Another dozen are supporting the quarantine of a hotel in Cairns.<\/p>\n
Fifty ADF personnel have been approved to deploy in Western Australia to support quarantine measures for new arrivals.<\/p>\n
As of Sunday, about 350 ADF personnel are supporting state and territory authorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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<\/a>Queensland\u00a0Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young has enacted more new restrictions in a bid to slow the spread of the virus.<\/strong><\/p>\n Queenslanders can now no longer have more than 10 people in their house at any one time, excluding households where more than 10 people ordinarily reside.<\/p>\n Dr Young asked all Queenslanders to limit visiting others in their home and to consider other ways of keeping in touch, such as phone calls.<\/p>\n \u201cWe need everyone to stay in their own home where possible and ensure social distancing at all times. Unfortunately this no longer means you can invite your friends over,\u201d Dr Young said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe understand how important social contact with friends and family is but we need to do everything we can to slow down the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and this means limiting the number of people in each household to a maximum of 10.\u201d<\/p>\n Dr Young said this did not apply to households where more than 10 people ordinarily reside.<\/p>\n \u201cFor example, if 12 people live in one household, they can be there at the same time, but no visitors are allowed,\u201d Dr Young said.<\/p>\n The restrictions came into effect on midnight on Friday (March 27) until further notice.<\/p>\n People who do not comply with this direction can be fined.<\/p>\n Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has confirmed the Department of Health is proactively exploring options for setting up plans for temporary hospitals statewide in vacant hotels, convention centres and possibly mining camps to treat COVID-19 patients if there is an overflow from hospitals.<\/strong><\/p>\n In Brisbane, the RNA Convention Centre could quickly be transformed to take patients and it would be a case of history repeating – the RNA showground was used as a treatment centre for patients during the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic.<\/p>\n Some hotels, particularly near Queensland\u2019s major hospitals throughout the State have also been approached about providing bed space.<\/p>\n \u201cI hope it doesn\u2019t come to this \u2013 I really do \u2013 but the coronavirus pandemic is upon us now and our hospitals and medical staff over the coming months could be under enormous strain,\u201d the Premier said.<\/p>\n \u201cPreparations to set-up extra facilities and off-site hospitals are simply a necessity.<\/p>\n \u201cThey would contain and treat people who have contracted the COVID-19 virus and who may have minor difficulties but don\u2019t require intensive care.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is imperative we prevent our hospitals from being overwhelmed all at once.”<\/p>\n The Premier also emphasised that people who are told to self-isolate, must follow the instructions.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cPeople who defy the need to self-isolate face fines of up to $13,345 and police won\u2019t hesitate to act,” she said.<\/p>\n \u201cOnce again, I appeal to Queenslanders to stay home and take every precaution to ensure that our health facilities are not overwhelmed.\u201d<\/p>\n Since last Monday, police have conducted more than 2023 non-essential business compliance checks across Queensland.<\/strong><\/p>\n If a person does not comply with the quarantine directions, penalties of up to $13,345 for individuals and $66,672.50 for corporations may apply.<\/p>\n Police can also issue on-the-spot fines of $1334.50 for individuals and $6672.50 for corporations which fail to abide by the health directions.<\/p>\n The Australian Defence Force has deployed teams across the country to work in partnership with State and Territory police to conduct COVID-19 quarantine compliance checks.<\/strong><\/p>\n The ADF will provide logistics support for police as they enforce mandatory quarantine and isolation measures.<\/p>\n In NSW, more than 30 personnel will support police at Sydney Airport, with at least another 40 supporting the quarantine of six separate hotels.<\/p>\n In Queensland, around a dozen have deployed to Brisbane and Cairns airports. Another dozen are supporting the quarantine of a hotel in Cairns.<\/p>\n Fifty ADF personnel have been approved to deploy in Western Australia to support quarantine measures for new arrivals.<\/p>\n As of Sunday, about 350 ADF personnel are supporting state and territory authorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Queensland Health confirmed on Sunday there are 31 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the State since Saturday, raising the total to 656.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":254316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1455,172,3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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