The Queensland government has done away with the requirement for travellers entering the state to receive a PCR test on the fifth day of their visit. In a press conference on Tuesday, the state’s Health Minister Yvette D’Ath said that based on data received in the past 24 hours the chief health officer has advised that the tests were no longer required. “Anyone who is waiting in lines for their day five tests can leave,” she said. The decision came after the recent data showed that only 0.6 percent of positive cases were being picked up by the test. Previously, travellers entering Queensland from a COVID-19 hotspot (which includes the entire states of New South Wales and Victoria) were required to be fully vaccinated, apply for and receive a border pass, return a negative PCR test within 72 hours prior to arriving in Queensland, and take another PCR test on …