Quarantine requirements for close contacts and unvaccinated international arrivals in Queensland (QLD) will be dropped from 6 p.m. on April 28, bringing the Australian state into line with New South Wales and Victoria.
Making the announcement on Friday, acting premier Steven Miles said the close contact isolation restrictions have been impacting businesses, schools, and the health system.
“It’ll allow us to get more people back to work,” he said. “There will still be some requirements on those close contacts … but this is great news, it’s another step out of this pandemic.”
Asymptomatic close contacts will still need to return a negative test every second day from the day they became a close contact, wear a mask when they leave home and are in an indoor setting, and must not visit vulnerable settings during the seven-day period following close contact with a positive COVID-19 case.
…