LATEST - Queensland borders following the long weekend

This means there are now just eight active cases, with 2519 tests carried out in the past 24 hours. The Premier said she hoped people would get out over the September school holidays to support local businesses. Deputy Premier and Health Minister Steven Miles said at this stage things were going very well in Queensland. Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said it was really important the borders kept being managed as they had been so far. 

Deputy Police Commissioner Steve Gollschewski said more than 8000 people arrived at the border over the long weekend, with 500 being turned away over the three-day period. 132 flights arrived over the weekend; From those, 7230 passengers were processed and 19 were refused entry. Fourteen on-the-spot-fines were issued over the long weekend. It comes as hopes build that all Australians will be able to access any COVID-19 vaccine free-of-charge under a national rollout, possibly by mid-2021. Health Minister Greg Hunt said it remained unlikely a vaccine would be developed this year, but there is now a “ray of hope” that one can be produced in the coming future.