Queensland’s Chief Health Officer has declared the NSW City of Fairfield a COVID-19 hotspot, declaring that people seeking to enter Queensland from there will be turned away at the border.
The Health Officer Jeannette Young said the only exception would be people needed in Queensland for essential purposes and Queensland residents, who could enter the State but would be required to quarantine in Government-provided accommodation at their expense.
Deputy Premier, Steven Miles said the Chief Health Officer had considered the number of cases and community transmission in NSW.
“Our border closure kept Queenslanders safe and our strong border restrictions on hotspots has continued to keep Queenslanders safe,” Mr Miles said.
“We’ve declared another hotspot in NSW to ensure we are protecting Queenslanders.”
Dr Young said the new hotspot was in addition to NSW’s Campbelltown City, Liverpool City and all of Victoria.
“The City of Fairfield is adjacent to Campbelltown City and Liverpool City, which are current hotspots, and is also where the Thai Rock restaurant is located, which has had a recent outbreak,” Dr Young said.
“We are monitoring the situation closely every day and we will declare more hotspots if community transmission continues to increase.”
Dr Young said her job was to protect Queenslanders “and given the situation in NSW and Victoria, we need to implement tough measures”.
