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Queensland\u2019s Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

June 16, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

Up to 100 people can now attend funerals in Queensland after the\u00a0State Government eased more COVID-19 restrictions this week.<\/p>\n

The revised Health Direction took effect on Tuesday (June 16).<\/p>\n

Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young said limiting attendances at funerals had been the most difficult direction she had been forced to impose.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere have been occasions where I have had to decline exemptions because of the COVID-19 risk,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are tough, heart-wrenching decisions to make but they\u2019ve unfortunately been necessary to prevent transmission of this disease, particularly among gatherings that include a lot of vulnerable people.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m relieved that we have contained COVID-19 to the point where we can begin lifting limitations on important events like funerals.”<\/p>\n

Funeral organisers must keep a record of attendees for eight weeks in case contact tracing becomes necessary later.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr Young said weddings remained capped at 20 guests because they could be postponed, unlike funerals.\u00a0 However, up to 100 people can attend a wedding if the wedding venue opts into the relevant industry safe plan.<\/p>\n

The 100 attendees only applies to funerals; it does not apply to wakes.<\/p>\n

Wakes are considered a gathering and therefore are subject to the relevant requirements for the venue.<\/p>\n

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Queensland\u2019s COVID-19 tally remained at 1065 on Monday, with no new cases recorded.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There were just five active cases across the State: two patients in the Gold Coast health region, and one each in the Wide Bay, Sunshine Coast and Metro South regions.<\/p>\n

One of these patients was in an intensive care unit in hospital.<\/p>\n

There were still 3162 people in active self-quarantine across the State (including 66 in the Darling Downs Health region); 63,341 people had completed self-quarantine.<\/p>\n

Across Australia, there have been a total of\u00a07345<\/span>\u00a0confirmed cases\u00a0<\/strong>of COVID-19 so far (including\u00a0102<\/span>\u00a0deaths);\u00a0392<\/span>\u00a0of these confirmed cases are still active.<\/p>\n

There were 15 new confirmed cases reported on Monday: three in NSW and 12 in Victoria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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