A Melbourne couple, including a woman infected with COVID-19, chose a route through regional NSW into Queensland for a reason.
Queensland declared all of Victoria a hotspot on May 28, meaning anybody who had been in Victoria within 14 days of attempting to enter Queensland faced mandatory 14-day hotel quarantine.
However, the inland drive from Victoria to Queensland, crossing the border at Goondiwindi, is a popular route. Queensland Police Deputy Commissioner Steve Gollschewski provided a COVID-19 update on Wednesday. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Dan PeledThe newspaper reports that police had not been considering reinstalling border checkpoints after Melbourne’s outbreak caused a lockdown.
They visited the Church Street Cafe, Reading Cinemas, the Homestead Hotel in Dubbo and a Shell petrol station on June 2 and made a second visit to the Homestead Hotel on June 3. A list of exposure sites include a Goondiwindi McDonald’s on June 5, Sunny’s cafe at Moffat Beach and Coffee Cat at Kings Beach on June 6, and Stockland Shopping Centre and a Bunnings Warehouse in Caloundra on June 7.
Dr Young said the news was a lot to deal with for Queenslanders who had already suffered through more than a year of uncertainty.
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