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Commissioner Katarina Carroll (Photo: QPS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

December 19, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

Authorities have generally been pleased with public compliance to the health directives which came into force on Friday and Saturday, but there have been exceptions – including in Murgon.<\/p>\n

Commissioner Katarina Carroll told the Sunday morning media briefing things were going “extraordinarily well” but disappointingly some people at various locations across Queensland have become quite aggressive and abusive towards staff, security officers and police.<\/p>\n

As a result they have been either been fined or arrested.<\/p>\n

In Murgon, a 53-year-old man entered a hotel without being fully vaccinated.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Commissioner Carroll said the man continued to abuse staff.<\/p>\n

Police were called and removed the man from the hotel. He was subsequently fined.<\/p>\n

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There were 42 new COVID-19 cases announced in Queensland on Sunday morning, taking the Queensland total of active cases to 142.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fifty-seven of these cases are in hospital.<\/p>\n

Chief Health Officer Dr John Gerrard said all the new cases, except one, have minimal symptoms; the one woman who has more significant symptoms was unvaccinated.<\/p>\n

He said the Omicron strain was quickly becoming dominant in Queensland, much more rapidly than predicted; 21 out of the last 25 tested viruses were Omicron.<\/p>\n

But there was some good news, although qualified.<\/p>\n

“At this stage, it appears that the vaccine is very effective in preventing severe disease,” Dr Gerrard said.<\/p>\n

“Most of the patients that we have seen who have had the Omicron strain who are vaccinated have very mild symptoms.”<\/p>\n

But he warned that more information was still required, particularly from overseas.<\/p>\n

And he said protective measures were still necessary to allow vulnerable people who are more at risk to get their booster shots.<\/p>\n

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Queensland Health has issued a public health alert for four new COVID-19 contact tracing locations in the Toowoomba region.<\/strong><\/p>\n

They are:<\/p>\n