The premier’s recommendation to wear masks in all indoor settings, including schools and public transport, followed an urgent national cabinet meeting on Saturday.
Masks have again been recommended in all indoor settings and for children in schools next week following a national cabinet meeting between the prime minister and premiers on Saturday.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is again urging Queenslanders to wear masks indoors, including on public transport and in schools.Queensland, which recorded 22 COVID-related deaths in the 24 hours to Saturday morning, has an estimated 46,000 active cases. Of those, more than 920 patients are in hospital, including 14 in ICU.
“You are strongly encouraged to wear your mask indoors ... we are seeing the escalation of people going into our hospitals ... we expect this wave to go on until even the end of August,” she said. “The other thing we’ll be doing too is making sure we’ve got extra RAT tests going out to schools, and making them more available to people.”
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