{"id":301343,"date":"2021-06-25T14:22:55","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T04:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=301343"},"modified":"2021-06-25T17:00:32","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T07:00:32","slug":"qld-tightens-covid-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/06\/25\/qld-tightens-covid-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Qld Tightens COVID Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"

June 25, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

Queensland Health has tightened some restrictions in the wake of the growing COVID-19 cluster in Sydney.<\/p>\n

There are now 65 cases in Sydney – plus two in Victoria – linked to the latest outbreak which began when an unvaccinated driver transported international flight crew.<\/p>\n

Anyone currently in Queensland who has been to the Waverley, Woollahra, Randwick or City of Sydney council areas since June 11 must go into lockdown from 1:00am on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Queensland Health officer Dr Jeannette Young said anyone this applies to must follow the same lockdown rules imposed in NSW<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you have been to one of the four local government areas, from 1:00am, June 26, you must stay where you are and only leave for the permitted purposes,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I\u2019m asking you to be sensible \u2013 if you’re one of these people, please don\u2019t rush off to another location on holiday \u2013 if you do, you\u2019ll still need to follow these rules wherever you are.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am also now backdating the hotspot declaration for those four LGAs to 1:00am, June 11.<\/p>\n

“This means any Queensland residents returning home after 1:00am tomorrow who have been in these hotspot LGAs in the past 14 days will go into hotel quarantine.<\/p>\n

“Any other travellers who have been in these hotspot LGAs in the last 14 days will not be allowed to enter Queensland except for a limited range of essential reasons.”<\/p>\n

Dr Young said due to the rising COVID-19 cases of the highly transmissible Delta variant in NSW, anyone\u00a0moving between\u00a0the cross-border zones of\u00a0NSW and Queensland\u00a0will have to complete a Queensland Travel Declaration\u00a0from\u00a01:00am on Monday (June 28).<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThere are now 210 exposure venues\u00a0in NSW and that\u2019s concerning\u00a0due to\u00a0many of these cases being infected by fleeting contact,\u201d Dr Young said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe now need everyone coming into Queensland – even the cross-border communities – to complete a travel declaration so we can reach people quickly if needed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI continue to urge all Queenslanders to reconsider their need to travel to NSW during this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr Young also urged people to check the NSW contract tracing locations regularly.<\/p>\n

\u201cLocations are being added multiple times throughout the day, so it\u2019s absolutely vital people keep checking that list,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you have been to any of the exposure sites at the specified times, you must follow the specified health advice.\u201d<\/p>\n