Not every traveller will be checked at the border moving forward, but Queensland’s police compliance regime could tighten if the threat of Omicron increases.
Not every traveller will be checked at the border, but Queensland’s police compliance regime could tighten if health authorities become concerned about the threat of the Omicron variant.
But he said that could change if Chief Health Officer John Gerrard told police he was concerned about Omicron. “We can adjust that. If the Chief Health officer Dr Gerrard was to say to us ‘we’re very concerned and we need to check more closely because of the risks to the community,’ we could adjust that. But we’re balancing that risk for the community against that need to open up the state.He said he was “very satisfied” with the border system, but added it would change once the state hit 90 per cent double dose vaccination rate.
“I got a boarding pass, I travelled, I did everything I had to do, I uploaded the documents, I got tested, I had my vaccination certificate and I had my day five test, and it’s all come through very clearly,” he said.“But the system worked because I engage with the system and like the rest of the community, I knew what was required of me and I did what was required of me.”
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