Queensland Won’t Open Its Borders to Greater Sydney Until the End of January at the Earliest – Concrete Playground

When New South Wales last experienced a COVID-19 cluster, Queensland shut its borders — first to select hotspots, then to Greater Sydney, then to all of NSW. Accordingly, when Sydney’s northern beaches cluster began to grow in December, it didn’t come as a surprise that the Sunshine State closed down again to folks from the Greater Sydney area.

The latest border closure was announced back on Sunday, December 20 by Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, and came into effect at 1am on Monday, December 21. All Greater Sydney local government areas were declared a hotspot, spanning 35 in total. And, while a few weeks have now passed, the situation isn’t going to change any time soon.

At her latest press conference today, Thursday,…