Queensland will open its borders to fully vaccinated travellers from interstate hotspots next Monday, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announces.
The state recorded zero new community cases, and three cases were detected in hotel quarantine in the past 24 hours.Queensland was to open its borders when 80 per cent of residents over the age of 16 were fully vaccinated."It's been nearly two years, tragically we've lost seven lives, but the results have been really unprecedented compared to the rest of the world," Ms Palaszczuk said.
"You will need a border pass and the border pass will run for 14 days – but you will not need a test.
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