Queensland's COVID-19 rules are about to ease further as rules for asymptomatic close contacts and unvaccinated travellers are set to be scrapped from 6pm tonight. Here's what you need to know.
But of course, if a close contact returns a positive result on the tests, they will be required to isolate for the full seven-day period, regardless of whether they have symptoms.
Close contacts are also required to inform their employer that they are a close contact before returning to work. "In vulnerable settings, we will make sure that we are still taking those additional protections around PPE and frequency of testing for our health workforce," she said. Instead, arrivals will need to return a negative PCR or RAT within 24 hours of arriving in Queensland.Chief Health Officer John Gerrard said although quarantine rules for international arrivals have been in place for the past two years, they were no longer required.
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