{"id":306571,"date":"2021-09-30T11:36:43","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T01:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=306571"},"modified":"2021-09-30T13:17:08","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T03:17:08","slug":"brisbane-restrictions-tighten-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/09\/30\/brisbane-restrictions-tighten-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Brisbane Restrictions Tighten Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>September 30, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>COVID-19 restrictions have been tightened again in six Queensland council areas: Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Moreton Bay, Logan, Townsville and Palm Island.<\/p>\n<p>This follows the announcement on Thursday morning of six new cases in the State.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The six Council areas will return to Stage 2 restrictions at 4:00pm on Thursday, which means:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The number of people allowed in a home has been reduced to 30, including visitors, residents, and children<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Weddings and funerals will be capped at 100; a\u00a0maximum of 20 will be allowed to dance at weddings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Restaurants and cafes will return to one person per 4 sq m; dancing will be banned at venues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Visitors will be restricted at hospitals and aged care, disability services and corrections facilities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Mask rules<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Capacity at sporting events will also decrease to 75 per cent, including Sunday\u2019s NRL Grand Final at Suncorp Stadium.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are currently 22 active cases of COVID-19 in Queensland, with health authorities investigating nine unconnected incidents.<\/p>\n<p>Four of the six new cases announced on Thursday are linked to the aviation cluster from earlier this week, including a person who travelled to Townsville.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_113791\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-113791\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/jeannette-young-200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-113791\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/jeannette-young-200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/jeannette-young-200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/jeannette-young-200-176x300.jpg 176w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-113791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Queensland\u2019s Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young said it was believed the aviation cases became infected at an event on September 20, but that was still to be clarified. There are now eight cases linked to this cluster, with seven people in Queensland and one in NSW.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a result of those people being out in the community and infectious from the 21st, we have multiple exposure venues across Brisbane, Moreton Bay, Gold Coast and Townsville,&#8221; Dr Young said.<\/p>\n<p>The fifth new case is a woman who lives in Camp Hill and travelled to Kyogle in NSW where she became infected. She is believed to have been infectious in the community since September 25.<\/p>\n<p>The sixth case is a Queensland resident who flew home from Victoria and went into hotel quarantine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the Stage 2 restrictions were needed in response to the new cases, including the man who had been active in the Townsville community while infectious.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe next 24-48 hours are absolutely crucial,\u201d the Premier said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m asking all Queenslanders to check the list of locations, follow the health advice, and please come forward for testing if you have any symptoms at all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd keep doing the things you know how to do so well \u2013 wear your masks, check in at venues, wash your hands, socially distance, and stay home if you\u2019re sick.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbove all, get vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGetting vaccinated will help protect you and your loved ones, and reduce the risk of spread in the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southburnett.biz\/pdfs\/COVIDroadmap.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queensland COVID Roadmap<\/a> (296kb PDF) which explains the Stage 2 restrictions<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Related articles:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/09\/29\/brisbane-sites-in-latest-alert\/\">Brisbane Sites In Latest Alert<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/09\/28\/four-new-cases-in-brisbane\/\">Four News Cases In Brisbane<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>External links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qld.gov.au\/health\/conditions\/health-alerts\/coronavirus-covid-19\/current-status\/contact-tracing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact tracing sites<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qld.gov.au\/health\/conditions\/health-alerts\/coronavirus-covid-19\/stay-informed\/testing-and-fever-clinics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COVID testing locations<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/covid-vaccine.healthdirect.gov.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vaccine Clinic Finder<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qld.gov.au\/health\/conditions\/health-alerts\/coronavirus-covid-19\/current-status\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Latest Qld COVID-19 updates<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>[UPDATED]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COVID-19 restrictions have been tightened again in six Queensland council areas: Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Moreton Bay, Logan, Townsville and Palm Island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":254316,"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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