BREAKING: Queensland’s Premier says she’s considering a major change to entry requirements.
Currently Queensland requires fully-vaccinated travellers from areas like Victoria, NSW and the ACT need to take a PCR test and return a negative result 72 hours before arriving.
The rule has been criticised for creating testing backlogs and delaying results for people who have been exposed to the virus.Ms Pałaszczuk said that NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet had confirmed that 10 per cent of PCR tests being carried out in his state were for people wanting to travel to Queensland.Queensland will look at allowing travellers to take rapid antigen tests.
“We will look at whether this is approved, that we may be to legalise them in the New Year from 1 January,” she said.“It was part of our plan and we want to keep the virus out as much as we possibly can over the Christmas and New Year.”
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