Palaszczuk blasted for COVID restrictions enforced on allegedly murdered police officer s funeral
Sky News host Paul Murray is demanding Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk show some leadership and lift COVID-19 restrictions to allow a proper funeral for Senior Constable David Masters, who was allegedly murdered while on duty.
Dominica FunnellDigital Reporter
July 8, 2021 - 11:10AM
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is facing a backlash for declaring herself ‘powerless’ to lift COVID-19 restrictions and allow a funeral without an attendance cap for a Queensland police officer who was allegedly murdered while on duty last month.
Senior Constable David Masters will be farewelled on Friday at an invitation-only funeral in Burpengary with a cap of 100 attendees.
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The new coronavirus case is perfectly well , complicating the process of identifying how long she has been infectious.
The woman is a student nurse, but she has been on holidays since June 15 and hasn t done a clinical placement since then. She did visit for one hour to talk to a patient on 28 June, Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said. At that stage, there was already a mask requirement.
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Dr Young said she believed the case was low risk , but as always, was taking it very, very seriously .
An Australian GP has revealed her phone lines are inundated whenever a politician makes comments about Covid vaccines - which in the last week have often been contradictory.
Dr Penny Adams from Sydney said whenever there is a new announcement made at a press conference, confused residents flood her practice with calls and book appointments just to try and sort through the recommended advice. I like to take my medical advice from experts rather than politicians, Dr Adams told the Today show on Saturday.
Australians under 40 can now get the AstraZeneca vaccine but some politicians have said this is against advice causing confused Australians to book appointments just to talk through their options (pictured: Sydney in lockdown on Saturday)
Tensions over the vaccine rollout are also expected to come to ahead in today s meeting.
Earlier this week Mr Morrison announced a major shakeup to the rollout, saying AstraZeneca could be administered to those under 40 with consultation from their GP.
This shakeup goes against ATAGI advice and was quickly refuted by Queensland state premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Chief Health Officer Dr Jeanette Young who urged under 40s to stick to Pfizer.
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Dr Jeanette Young yesterday did not hold back from making her point of view clear about the AstraZeneca eligibility expansion, saying: I do not want under-40s to get AstraZeneca. (Nine)