Updated public health alert for arrivals from Queensland

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Effective immediately, all new arrivals from Queensland need to be tested for COVID-19 within 48 hours and self-quarantine for 14 days or until a negative result is returned.
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Please note this advice has been updated:

Effective 12.01am Saturday 27 March 2021, all arrivals from Queensland need to complete 14 days of self-quarantine and present for COVID-19 testing. Read the announcement.

Effective immediately, all new arrivals from Queensland need to be tested for COVID-19 within 48 hours and self-quarantine for 14 days or until a negative result is returned.

This three-day interim border control measure will be in effect until at least Tuesday, 30 March 2021 but further border control measures could be introduced, based on updated public health advice.

Directions issued on Friday, 26 March continue to apply in addition to these new measures.

Anyone who has visited exposure sites in Queensland must get tested for COVID-19 and self-isolate for the full 14 days from the time they were at the exposure site, regardless of whether the location they visited is deemed to be a close, casual or low risk contact by Queensland Health. They also need to present for a Day 11 COVID-19 test.

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