Fresh out of her post-Tokyo Olympic Games 14-day mandatory quarantine, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk fronted the media yesterday to give South-East Queenslanders the green light to exit lockdown restrictions at 4pm (Sunday 8 August).
Some restrictions will remain in place for the next two weeks including mandatory mask-wearing and, while schools have re-opened today, all staff and teachers must wear masks as must all high school students.
Weddings and funerals are capped at 20 guests, a maximum of 10 people in homes and residents in South-East Queensland are advised not to travel into regional Queensland unless they are an essential worker.
Fearing further spread into the regions, the Premier warned the state “we’re not out of the woods yet”, as she announced that at 4pm yesterday (Sunday 8 August) Cairns would enter a snap 3-day lockdown after the discovery of a positive case in the region who had been infectious in the community for a period of 10 days.
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