“No Queenslander will be denied care because the health workers they need are in quarantine,” she said.
Deputy Premier Steven Miles said 34,718 tests had been done in the past 24 hours, which was an “excellent result” but shy of the target of 40,000 set by Dr Young.
Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said she was still concerned authorities had not yet linked the current cluster to two returned international travellers.Credit:Matt Dennien
Dr Young said she was still concerned authorities had not yet linked the current cluster to two returned international travellers, and she urged everyone to stay home if possible.
“If you are uncertain, just stay home,” she said.
“That way I hope that if we have other chains of transmission out there, it will burn out and we can lift restrictions, lockdown requirements, at 4pm Sunday.
“If we continue to see cases, that will stop us being able to do that.”
To lift the lockdown on Sunday, Dr Young said, she wanted any new cases to have been in quarantine for their full infectious period.
Deputy Commissioner Steve Gollschewski said police on Monday took the highest level of enforcement since the pandemic began, with 70 fines, 15 arrests, 46 call-outs and 168 masks handed out.
Mr Gollschewski said people could expect to see RBT-style stops on the roads to check whether people “have the right reasons to be out”.
“The community has nothing to worry about if they fit within those exemptions,” he said.
Dr Young said anyone who could not wear a mask for medical reasons, and had not received two doses of a vaccine, should stay at home.
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“Please don’t find excuses to not wear a mask – I think masks have stopped the last 14 incursions of this virus into our state from spreading,” she said.
Dr Young said teachers were being urged to stay at home where possible because while she would “absolutely love to vaccinate every teacher immediately, we don’t have enough doses yet”.
Student attendance was about 6 to 7 per cent across state schools on Monday, with children arranged in groups of five to 10 and teachers on “skeleton staff”.
Education Minister Grace Grace said she was discussing whether to move the Ekka public holiday from next Wednesday with the Premier and Deputy Premier but it required legislative change.
The outbreak, which sparked an eight-day lockdown in 11 council areas including Brisbane, was uncovered after an Indooroopilly State High School student tested positive to the highly contagious Delta strain, with authorities struggling to link the growing cluster to two returned international travellers who flew to Brisbane on June 29.
It has affected several schools, including St Peters Lutheran College, Brisbane Grammar School, Brisbane Girls Grammar School, Ironside State School, Pullenvale State School and St Aidan’s Anglican Girls School.
Overnight, a raft of new contact tracing sites were added, including Sunnybank Private Hospital and the Princess Alexandra Hospital, while an under-8s soccer player with the Taringa Rovers also tested positive after playing a game while potentially infectious.
Queensland recorded 13 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases on Monday, forcing authorities to extend the snap lockdown in Brisbane, Moreton Bay, Gold Coast, Ipswich, Lockyer Valley, Logan, Noosa Shire, Redland City, Scenic Rim, Somerset and Sunshine Coast regions until 4pm on Sunday.
Queensland records 16 new local COVID cases as people warned to stay home - Brisbane Times
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