Border declarations to be reimposed for people travelling from Victoria to Queensland

Queensland is reimposing border declarations for people travelling into the state from Victoria, but Acting Health Minister Steven Miles stopped short of declaring Melbourne a hotspot following the outbreak at a quarantine hotel.

Mr Miles said the changes would come into affect from 1:00am Saturday.

So far, eight people have been linked to the Holiday Inn cluster at the Melbourne Airport.

“It is too early from our perspective to declare a hotspot in Melbourne because all of those cases at this stage were contracted within the hotel quarantine on level three,” Mr Miles said.

“So, there’s no cases of community transmission outside of that location.”

More to come.