{"id":309003,"date":"2021-11-09T11:26:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T01:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=309003"},"modified":"2021-11-09T15:06:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T05:06:03","slug":"new-covid-restrictions-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/11\/09\/new-covid-restrictions-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"New COVID Restrictions Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_176862\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-176862\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-176862\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/palaszczuk-200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/palaszczuk-200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/palaszczuk-200-172x300.jpg 172w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-176862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>November 9, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Roughly four in every 10 South Burnett residents &#8211; and seven out of 10 Cherbourg residents &#8211; will find themselves locked out of pubs, clubs, cafes and restaurants from next month.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced new restrictions on unvaccinated or partially vaccinated people that will take effect from December 17 or when the State reaches 80 per cent of eligible Queenslanders fully vaccinated, whichever comes first.<\/p>\n<p>They will also affect everyone aged 16 years or older.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The restrictions will apply to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Events at all State Government stadiums including Suncorp, The Gabba, Queensland Country Bank and Metricon, which will be for fully vaccinated patrons only, including staff. This includes Big Bash, T20, One Day Internationals, NRL, AFL, State of Origin and concerts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Hospitality venues including pubs, clubs, hotels, bars, restaurants and cafes, which will be open only to vaccinated staff and patrons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Entertainment venues including live music and karaoke bars, which will be for vaccinated staff and patrons only<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Indoor and outdoor music festivals, which will be for vaccinated staff, performers and patrons only<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Government-owned galleries, museums and libraries, which will be for vaccinated only<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>There will be no COVID limit on weddings where all attendees are vaccinated<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To protect the most vulnerable, visitors to aged care, hospitals, prisons and disability services will also be required to be fully vaccinated except in end-of-life, childbirth or emergency situations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Police will enforce the requirements at venues.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Premier said the new measures were a reward for fully vaccinated Queenslanders who deserved to have their lives returned to normal.<\/p>\n<p>They were also designed to provide a greater measure of protection once borders re-opened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis pandemic has been a long, hard road,\u201d the Premier said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSoon our borders will open and COVID will be in our communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is about keeping our freedoms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At present, only 58.8 per cent of South Burnett residents and 27.2 per cent of Cherbourg residents are fully vaccinated.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>People in south-east Queensland who are still under a mandate to wear masks will be able to pack them away once 80 per cent of the State has had at least one dose of COVID vaccine.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Premier said it would then be safe for schools, cafes, pubs, clubs, hair-dressers and workplaces to go mask-free.<\/p>\n<p>However, under Federal rules, masks will still be mandatory in airports and planes.<\/p>\n<p>They will also be strongly recommended for public transport and places where people cannot socially distance anywhere in Queensland.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Toowoomba Mayor Paul Antonio is urging residents to get vaccinated.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince the beginning of last year, the response from our residents within the Toowoomba Region has been nothing short of incredible,\u201d Mayor Antonio said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve managed to do an exceptional job to keep COVID out of our community, but with the borders re-opening soon, there is no doubt the risk to Queensland and this community will increase.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou only have to look at what\u2019s happened in Goondiwindi over the past week to realise there could be cases pop up at any time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFortunately for Goondiwindi, the community has a high vaccination rate and as such, has managed to avoid a larger outbreak so far.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo make sure we\u2019re also prepared for any future risks, I implore all residents who are able to, to get vaccinated as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s crucial we have as many people vaccinated as possible before December 17.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/11\/08\/pop-up-vax-at-showground\/\">Pop-Up Vax At Showground<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/11\/05\/keep-up-the-effort-cherbourg\/\">Keep Up The Effort, Cherbourg<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/10\/28\/bush-vaxbus-on-the-way\/\">Bush VaxBus On The Way<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roughly four in every 10 South Burnett residents &#8211; and seven out of 10 Cherbourg residents &#8211; will find themselves locked out of pubs, clubs, cafes and restaurants from next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":176863,"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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