Health
CHO says Queensland cruises still a long way down the track – Brisbane Times
Queensland’s chief health officer Jeannette Young says cruise ships magnify infections and it would not be safe to begin even Queensland-wide cruising until “later down the track”.
She added that travelling on cruise ships was not safe during the pandemic.
“The problem with cruise ships is that they lead to transmission very, very readily,” Dr Young said.
“We know that from the past, we always saw outbreaks of norovirus, weve seen outbreaks of flu, so it is not surprising that you would see outbreaks of COVID, so really, they are not safe.”
Queensland Tourism Minister Kate Jones declined to comment.
Opposition tourism spokesman David Crisafulli said health and safety h…
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