{"id":304435,"date":"2021-08-20T14:13:01","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T04:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=304435"},"modified":"2021-08-20T16:10:15","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T06:10:15","slug":"covid-restrictions-ease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/08\/20\/covid-restrictions-ease\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID Restrictions Ease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>August 20, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>COVID-19 restrictions in 11 south-east Queensland council areas \u2013 Brisbane, Moreton Bay, Ipswich, Lockyer, Somerset, Logan, Redland, Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast, Noosa and Scenic Rim \u2013 will ease at 4:00pm on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Residents and visitors in the 11 council areas will no longer have to wear a mask at all times, but will still be required to carry one when they leave home.<\/p>\n<p>However, masks must be worn indoors at shopping centres, supermarkets, retail outlets, hospitals and aged care facilities or when outside and unable to physically distance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other changes include allowing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Up to 30 people in homes and public spaces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Up to 100 attendees at weddings, with a maximum of 20 people dancing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Up to 100 attendees at funerals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Community sport, with reduced spectators and in line with density requirements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>75 per cent ticketed and allocated seating capacity for stadiums, indoor and outdoor events.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>From 1:00am on Saturday (August 21), restrictions at the Queensland border will tighten again for Border Zone residents and essential workers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The latest Border Restriction Direction is on the Queensland Health <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.qld.gov.au\/system-governance\/legislation\/cho-public-health-directions-under-expanded-public-health-act-powers\/border-restrictions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Greater Darwin and Katharine in the Northern Territory are no longer considered COVID-19 hotspots in Queensland.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young said people currently in quarantine in Queensland who arrived from Greater Darwin and Katharine will be able to leave quarantine once they return a negative COVID-19 test result.<\/p>\n<p><b>[UPDATED]<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COVID-19 restrictions in 11 south-east Queensland council areas \u2013 Brisbane, Moreton Bay, Ipswich, Lockyer, Somerset, Logan, Redland, Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast, Noosa and Scenic Rim \u2013 will ease at 4:00pm on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":292028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1455,3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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