Queensland s hard border with Greater Sydney will remain unchanged30/12/2020|1min
Queensland s hard border with Greater Sydney will remain in place as more unidentified cases and a further cluster emerge.
NSW recorded 18 cases of community transmitted COVID-19 overnight including six linked to a new Croydon cluster.
The Queensland Health Minister issued a response to the news declaring she is watching the situation in New South Wales very closely but the measures will not be lifted as of yet. Queensland has strong border measures in place in response to the Sydney clusters based on expert health advice, her statement read. We ll continue to follow the advice of our Chief Health Officer and will always act to keep Queenslanders safe.
Yvette D’Ath said that the case highlighted the importance of a strong mandatory 14-day hotel quarantine.
“The positive news – the good news about this individual – is that they were in hotel quarantine at the time they were tested and they have since been transferred to a hospital,” she said.
“We are absolutely confident that all proper measures were taken at the hotel and in the transfer and, of course, at the hospital in relation to this positive case.”
She also clarified that although we haven’t seen the South African strain on Aussie shores before, we have already dealt with the highly-contagious UK strain previously.
Radical option that could salvage SCG Test Cricket Australia’s COVID protocols saved Boxing Day Test but New Year’s Test in Sydney remains in doubt
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Subscriber only The Boxing Day Test has been officially saved by the fine print of cricket s bio-bubble, but the prospects of Sydney hosting a Test match remain in grave doubt. Sources believe the most likely alternative is for Melbourne to host back-to-back Boxing Day and New Year s Tests, in lieu of Sydney, before the teams head to Brisbane for the series finale.
There was a glimmer of hope for the SCG on Monday night after Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk nominated January 8 as the earliest she would consider reopening her border to Greater Sydney.