Queensland’s newly announced schools plan includes RATs for sick students and teachers, while workers have been urged to return to the office.
Masks will be mandatory in Queensland high schools, large assemblies will be suspended, and a procedure for rapid antigen tests will be introduced for sick students and teachers as they return to classrooms.
“So I’m very confident that we absolutely made the right decision to delay school by those two weeks.” “As long as you’re wearing masks indoors, it is safe to gradually return to work,” she said, “so back to school, back to work.”There were 745 COVID-positive patients in hospital, including 41 in intensive care.
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