Queensland Health has launched a plan to ease COVID-19 restrictions during October, November and December.
The new roadmap gives more certainty to the community and businesses through to the end of this year by outlining monthly easing of restrictions.
According to the Premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, the changes will include gatherings in public spaces, unseated drinking and eating, dancing at weddings and removing some border restrictions.
Ms Palaszczuk said hard decisions had to be made in the past “but it is because of these decisions and the hard work of Queenslanders that we are in the position to continue easing restrictions”.
“It’s because of our strong health response to the COVID-19 pandemic that we can get on with Queensland’s economic recovery plan,” she said.
Minister for Health, Steven Miles said COVID-safe checks would be undertaken at the end of each month before the State moved into further stages.
“We’ve based our decisions about COVID-19 restrictions on the best health advice available and we will continue to do so to make sure we keep Queensland’s future safe,” Mr Miles said.
“Our Chief Health Officer and public health team will analyse intrastate, interstate and international data before any decision to move to the next stage.”
He said these methods had worked to protect Queenslanders and if the health advice changed at any stage the measures could be increased.
“Right now, case numbers are low and we can contain potential outbreaks; our quarantine and contact tracing procedures work, and we have not had a COVID-19 fatality in almost six months,” Mr Miles said.
