Queensland stays put on border ban as deadline looms for other states

In a statement issued on Friday afternoon, Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said she continued to monitor the situation in both southern states, and she reiterated her call for Queenslanders to reconsider unnecessary travel plans.

“While we are not changing any restrictions to NSW and Victoria at this stage, as we’ve seen, things can change really quickly with this virus,” Dr Young said.

Opposition health spokeswoman Ros Bates earlier called for people to be given “as much notice as possible” should the Greater Sydney hotspot be expanded across NSW and into Victoria.

After Queensland announced the decision to declare Greater Sydney a hotspot on the afternoon of Sunday, December 20, travellers who had been through the region…