Residents in Brisbane and Moreton Bay emerged from lockdown at 6pm this evening, but the Queensland Premier has warned the state is not "out of the woods yet" with five new local COVID-19 cases recorded overnight.
Annastacia Palaszczuk made the announcement on Saturday, thanking affected Queenslanders for locking down for an extra day.
Restrictions including mandatory mask-wearing and QR check-ins will remain in place in Brisbane and Morton Bay, she said.
"That's good news today for people in the Brisbane City Council and Moreton Bay. But as I said, we are seeing some cases popping up," she told reporters in Brisbane.
"We are not out of the woods yet."
One of the new cases is linked to the Portuguese restaurant cluster in Brisbane and was in quarantine for the entirety of their infectious period.
Another new case linked to the restaurant cluster is a man in his 50s who worked at the Sunshine Coast University Hospital. His infection was announced on Friday.
A healthcare worker who worked one shift at Brisbane's Prince Charles Hospital while infectious is also among the new cases. Authorities are checking to see if she contracted the virus after contact with the COVID ward.
Another new case is a man who worked at the Brisbane domestic airport. He is not linked to a known infection.
A Brisbane man in his 20s who holidayed in Eumundi, a rural town in the Sunshine Coast area, is also believed to have acquired the virus from a relative linked to a Greek community centre.
Ms Palaszczuk said she was confident contact tracers could get on top of the new cases.
Health Minister Steven Miles said another lockdown could be avoided if Queenslanders abided by the restrictions around mask-wearing and check-ins.
"For the first time in a long time there could be cases in our community that we don't know about," he said.
"And so it's important that everyone, particularly in the south-east, goes about as though they could come in contact with the virus."
Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said a decision about declaring Brisbane airport a hotspot would come following a meeting with colleagues.
Three infections are now linked to the airport. There are 47 active cases in Queensland.
Queensland fully emerges from lockdown as officials report five new local COVID-19 cases - SBS News
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