Extra CCTV cameras and police to surveil Queensland quarantine hotels

“So I have asked for an audit of all hotels to make sure that not only do we have patrols, but also additional CCTV.

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“Some of the hotels already have CCTV, but I really want to up the ante here to make sure we have every aspect of every floor covered in the future.”

Ms Carroll said 187 people entered Queensland hotel quarantine on Thursday, of whom 142 were international travellers and 45 domestic arrivals.

Since March 27 last year, 40,660 international travellers have been processed in Brisbane and 32,218 of those were directed into hotel quarantine.

“When you look at the sheer mass of numbers it’s been quite an extraordinary effort and yes it has ben an extraordinary learning process,” Ms Carroll said.

“But we are good at…