From 6pm Tuesday 29th June until 6pm Friday 2 July, residents in the local government areas of Townsville, Palm Island, Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan City, Moreton Bay, Redlands, Sunshine Coast, Noosa, Somerset, Lockyer Valley, Scenic Rim and Gold Coast can only leave your home or accommodation for one of these four reasons:
1. to buy essentials such as groceries or medications
2. attend essential work and study if you can’t do from home
3. exercise in your local area
4′ healthcare or to provide help, care or support to vulnerable persons (includes getting vaccinated).
Lockdown restrictions include:
Face masks must be worn when you’re outside your home (excluding when in your private vehicle, when doing strenuous exercise or if you have a medical condition)
Limit of two visitors to your home (not including residents, volunteers and workers)
Restaurants and cafes to provide takeaway or delivery service only
All non-essential businesses to close; cinemas, entertainment and recreation venues, hairdressers, gyms etc
Places of worship to close
Childcare to remain open
20 people can attend funerals, 10 people can attend weddings.
We will review this on Friday 2 July.
For full lockdown details, visit https://www.qld.gov.au/…/pub…/restrictions-in-qld-update
For contact tracing locations and health advice visit https://www.qld.gov.au/health/covid-19/contact-tracing
Find your nearest testing clinic visit https://www.qld.gov.au/covid19testing or https://qld.health/TestLocator
Visit the COVID-19 Information Centre for vaccine resources.
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