Border passes back for Victorian travellers coming to Queensland

Victorian travellers coming to Queensland will need to fill out a border declaration pass from 1am on Saturday, in response to the Holiday Inn coronavirus cluster in Melbourne.

Anyone who has been in a COVID-19 hotspot identified by Victorian health officials, where a confirmed case has visited, will not be allowed to enter Queensland.

Queensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles, the acting Health Minister, confirmed the change on Thursday morning, with the Melbourne cluster growing to eight cases.

“That will allow us to check whether they have been in any of the locations that have been identified by the Victorian contact tracers, whether they are required to get tested, and to notify them that that is the case, and require that they isolate…