Queensland has no new COVID-19 cases

Queensland has not registered any new cases of COVID-19.

“This is the best result we could have hoped for,” Deputy Prime Minister Steven Miles said.

Chief Medical Officer of Health Jeannette Young has confirmed that the outbreak originated in New South Wales.

Dr Young said New South Wales informed Queensland Heath of a third truck driver who was contagious while in the Queensland community.

“New South Wales informed us of another positive truck driver, who has been in the Queensland community while he was contagious,” she said.

“We had confirmation that two of the three gentlemen who crossed the border from NSW to Queensland and then one of them went and stayed with this family … we had confirmation yesterday that two of those three were tested positive.

“It was September 7th and 8th this truck driver entered Queensland while he was contagious and drove through Brisbane, so we’ll just check out all of this truck driver’s exhibit locations,” he said. she declared.

One of three people who crossed the border infected the family of five who tested positive yesterday.

She said that everyone who crossed the border had the appropriate papers.

“They crossed the border with proper passes, I understand the police are looking into this, but I understand that everything has been tracked, but more work is being done by the police.

“I am now convinced that this is where the virus entered Queensland to infect these five people.

“But, these two people had minimal exposure in Queensland.

“So they hadn’t been everywhere. So that’s good news.”

Dr Young said she was “not particularly worried” but called on the Gold Coast community to be vigilant.

“One of them stayed in the house where the father lives and he went elsewhere.

“That’s why I said that people who live on the Gold Coast [need to be vigilant].

“The message that comes out of that is, I think, that there has been minimal exposure of these two people that people just have to be careful about,” she said.

The Chief Medical Officer of Health praised the people of Queensland for being tested.

“It’s really, really important though… we see these continual forays… and if everyone does what they did, we’re going to be fine.”

Mr Miles warned the Queenslanders were not out of the woods yet.

“We must continue to monitor the situation, especially south of the river,” he said.

The deputy prime minister said the men who crossed the border were under investigation.

“It is the border that is protecting us at this time and we must do everything possible to make this border as strong as possible and… the police will investigate these circumstances,” Mr Miles said.

“There are penalties if people violate border restrictions. “

Dr Young said she hoped the cluster did not spread, but did not say Queensland dodged a mass epidemic.

“It’s too early to tell but I sincerely hope we did and that’s because the Queenslanders just did everything right, once again,” she said.

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Dr Young announced another case acquired overseas in Townsville.

“There was a miner who works in West Africa who came back from West Africa and went home to Charters Towers and Townsville and tested positive, but I’m very, very confident that this is a historic case, ”she said.

Dr Young said investigations will continue into the case and he is being tested again.

Vaccinations will become mandatory for health workers in Queensland

Health Minister Yvette D’Ath has announced that COVID vaccinations will now be mandatory for all health workers in Queensland.

“Also today, we are announcing that we are making vaccinations compulsory for all our health workers who work in our hospitals, [across] all of Queensland, ”she said.

Ms D’Ath said all healthcare professionals should have at least one dose of the vaccine by September 30 and be fully inoculated by the end of October.

“Eighty percent of the health workforce administration of our employers, office staff, security, cleaners, nurses, doctors, have already received a full dose and 73 percent of all our staff are fully vaccinated… but we know we need to do it. go even further. “

She said she was confident the goal could be achieved as the majority of health workers were already vaccinated.

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Dr Young urged Queenslanders to follow the restrictions and continue to take precautions like good social distancing and mask wearing.

“We won’t need to do this for too long, because soon we will have everyone vaccinated, so keep showing up and getting vaccinated,” she said.

Over 18,000 doses were administered in Queensland yesterday.

“Thank you for the more than 18,000 people who have come forward. This is a great result. [and] we hope for another great day today. In fact, we are offering vaccinations at the NRL game in Rockhampton today, so let’s see how many football fans show up and get vaccinated, ”Health Minister Yvette D’Ath said.

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