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The state’s borders will reopen to fully vaccinated overseas arrivals on Saturday, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced.
From 1am, 22 January, international travellers with two doses of an approved COVID-19 vaccine will be able to enter Queensland without quarantining.
They will need to return a negative rapid antigen test within 24 hours of arriving.
The border reopening comes as Queensland approaches its 90 per cent vaccination target across people aged 16 and over, expected to be hit this week.
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"This gives certainty to the airlines, it gives certainty to incoming travellers that from 1am Saturday, you can come into Queensland and if you are vaccinated – you will not have to quarantine," Ms Palaszczuk said.
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Unvaccinated international arrivals will be required to undertake 14 days quarantine in a government-nominated facility.
Of Queenslanders aged 16 and over, 88.82 per cent are fully vaccinated, while 91.56 per cent have had one dose of a vaccine.
In Cairns, those figures sit slightly higher at 91.1 per cent fully vaccinated and 94.7 per cent with one vaccine dose.
Queensland has also recorded 11 COVID-19 related deaths today, down from a record 16 deaths on Tuesday.
The state detected 19,932 more cases in the latest reporting period, with almost 6,000 of those picked up with rapid antigen tests (RAT).
There are now 835 people being treated in Queensland hospitals with 52 of those in intensive care. 18 people are on ventilators.
Main points
- Fully vaccinated overseas arrivals to Queensland will not need to quarantine from Saturday
- They will need to return a negative RAT within 24 hours of entering the state
- Queensland has recorded 11 deaths and almost 20,000 new cases in the last 24 hours
