Words by Kylie Knight
Masks will be compulsory from 1am tomorrow as Queensland Health races to control the latest COVID-19 outbreak, after two new cases of community transmission were detected in the past 24 hours.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Chief Health Officer Dr Jeanette Young updated the Queensland Community this morning.
The mask mandate will apply to 11 local government areas including the Moreton Bay Region.
It comes after a person connected to the Portuguese restaurant cluster tested positive and a mine worker, who lives on the Sunshine Coast tested positive for the highly contagious Delta strain.
She is one of 170 Queensland Health is contacting, who could have been exposed to a worker who contracted the virus while in hotel quarantine in Queensland and returned to the Northern Territory.
Dr Young says the woman has been active in the community for only one day, and returned from a family road trip, when she learned she may have been exposed.
"This is a highly infectious strain and we need to get on top of this very quickly," Ms Palaszczuk says.
It is one of 41 active cases across Queensland. More than 6500 Queenslanders have been tested in the past 24 hours and the government is calling on more people to come forward, if they have any COVID-19 symptoms.
Ms Palaszczuk says the next 24-48 hours will be critical in limiting the spread of the virus and she is calling on the Queensland community to do its part as the situation evolved across the country.
National Cabinet is due to meet this afternoon and the Premier says she will be raising the need to cap overseas arrivals, pushing for regional quarantine facilities at Toowoomba and Brisbane Airport, and discussing the vaccine rollout.
When you need to wear a mask
From 1am tomorrow, you will need to wear a mask unless you are in the car with family, at home or exercising alone or with your family. They must be worn at all other times.
The Premier is calling on Queenslanders not to wait until then and to mask-up now.
Other restrictions include limitations on the number of people allowed in indoor venues - back to one person per 4sqm.
Weddings and funerals will be capped at 100 people and dancing limited to 20 people.
Venues hosting ticketed and seated events can remain at 100 per cent capacity for now.
There is a limit of 30 people in households (including those who live there).
Dr Young says these measures are needed to hopefully prevent tighter restrictions in the coming days and weeks.
Exposure sites
If you have been to any of the following venues at the times specified, contact Queensland Health, get tested and isolate immediately. Monitor the Queensland Health website for the growing number of possible exposure sites.
| Date | Place | Suburb | Arrival time | Departure time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 19 June 2021 | Cotton on, DFO Brisbane (Airport) 18th Avenue | Brisbane Airport | 4.10pm | 4.30pm |
| Saturday 19 June 2021 | Brisbane Portuguese Family Centre Unit 3/1449 Boundary Road | Ellen Grove | 7pm | Close |
| Monday 21 June 2021 | Anytime Fitness Hamilton 2 Harbour Road | Hamilton | TBA | TBA |
| Tuesday 22 June 2021 | McDonald's Glass House Mountains 4288 Bruce Highway | Coochin Creek | 5.45am | 6am |
| Tuesday 22 June 2021 | Good Life Gym Fortitude Valley Homemaker The Valley North Montpelier Road &, Wickham Street | Fortitude Valley | 7.30am | 9.45am |
| Tuesday 22 June 2021 | Miracle Worker massage & Holistic Therapies 79 Russell Street | West End | 9.30am | 5pm |
| Tuesday 22 June 2021 | Anytime Fitness Hamilton 2 Harbour Road | Hamilton | 4.15pm | 5.15pm |
| Tuesday 22 June 2021 | Coles Indooroopilly Shopping Centre 322 Moggill Road | Indooroopilly | 6pm | 6.45pm |
| Tuesday 22 June 2021 | Domino's Pizza - Sunshine Homemaker Centre 100 Maroochydore Road | Maroochydore | 9.35pm | 9.40pm |
| Wednesday 23 June 2021 | McDonald's Glass House Mountains 4288 Bruce Highway | Coochin Creek | 6am | 6.15am |
| Wednesday 23 June 2021 | Miracle Worker massage & Holistic Therapies 79 Russell Street | West End | 10am | 5pm |
| Wednesday 23 June 2021 | Anytime Fitness Hamilton 2 Harbour Road | Hamilton | 4pm | 5.30pm |
| Wednesday 23 June 2021 | Goodlife Health Clubs West End - West Village 35 Mollison Street | West End | 5.15pm | 7.15pm |
| Thursday 24 June 2021 | Ampol Petrol Station 132a East-West Arterial Road | Hendra | 6.55am | 7.15am |
| Thursday 24 June 2021 | Zarraffas Coffee Hendra 538 Nudgee Road or, 100 East-West Arterial Road | Hendra | 6.55am | 7.15am |
| Thursday 24 June 2021 | Hendra Post Office 355 Nudgee Road | Hendra | 7.10am | 7.30am |
| Thursday 24 June 2021 | Miracle Worker massage & Holistic Therapies 79 Russell Street | West End | 12.15pm | 5.30pm |
| Thursday 24 June 2021 | Guzman y Gomez Shop 1/18 Stamford Road | Indooroopilly | 7.45pm | 8pm |
| Friday 25 June 2021 | Chez Nous Cafe 160 Roma Street | Brisbane City | 8.15am | 8.30am |
| Friday 25 June 2021 | Market Organics 10/620 Moggill Road | Chapel Hill | 9.10am | 9.45am |
| Friday 25 June 2021 | Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Indooroopilly Shopping Centre 322 Moggill Road | Indooroopilly | 9.55am | 10.25am |
| Friday 25 June 2021 | JB HIFI, Indooroopilly Shopping Centre 322 Moggill Road | Indooroopilly | 10.10am | 10.25am |
| Friday 25 June 2021 | Unhas Chic Salon 8/204 Alice Street | Brisbane City | 12.30pm | 2.30pm |
| Friday 25 June 2021 | Woolworths Metro Teneriffe 105-109 Commercial Road | Teneriffe | 1pm | 1.15pm |
| Friday 25 June 2021 | Merlo Coffee Level 2, Virgin Food Court, Domestic Terminal | Brisbane Airport | 1.55pm | 2.15pm |
| Friday 25 June 2021 | Female Toilets, left of Virgin Food Court (facing food court) Level 2, near Virgin Food Court, Domestic Terminal | Brisbane Airport | 2.05pm | 2.15pm |
| Friday 25 June 2021 | Woolworths GasWorks 76 Skyring Terrace | Newstead | 2.55pm | 3.10pm |
| Friday 25 June 2021 | United Petroleum - Warwick 86 Wallace Street | Warwick | 5.30pm | 5.45pm |
| Friday 25 June 2021 | Female Toilet between Gate 38 and Gate 39 (behind Mecca Maxima and Peter Alexander stores) - Virgin Terminal Level 2, Domestic Terminal | Brisbane Airport | 7.20pm | 7.30pm |
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