From 6pm on Thursday, close contacts of a COVID-positive person will not have to isolate, as long as they follow Queensland Health rules.
Queensland will lift isolation requirements at 6pm as the state reaches more than 1 million COVID-19 cases.
The easing of restrictions was said to bring Queensland in line with NSW and Victoria. Both states ended isolation requirements at the weekend as they moved past the Omicron peak. The new rules for Queensland also meant unvaccinated international travellers would not have to quarantine upon arrival into the state, as long as they did not have COVID symptoms, tested negative within 24 hours of arriving, or if any symptoms developed.
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