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Quarantine workers to get tested
Frontline workers in Queensland’s hotel quarantine who do not get tested for COVID-19 every week face up to six months in prison or a $13,000 fine.
A new testing regimen, which comes into effect on Monday, will mean those who work in a facility – whether privately or through Queensland or Australian government departments – will be swabbed on a rolling weekly cycle.
It comes as Queensland marked 89 days without a case of community transmission on Sunday, but the Premier remains cautious.
Annastacia Palaszczuk said last week the rising…
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