Health
Qld quarantine workers to face weekly COVID testing or six months in jail – Brisbane Times
Under new rules to come into effect on December 28, staff working in the state’s quarantine hotels will need to be swabbed weekly.
The testing is to begin from December 28 after a two-week “transitional period”.
Workers with no coronavirus symptoms will not have to isolate while they await their results but must show proof of their test at the start of their shift.
Those who fail to get tested on a weekly basis or continue to work with symptoms face a $13,300 fine or up to six months behind bars.
The new public health order, made by Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young, is the latest step to clamp down on quarantine.
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