The head of Queensland’s peak medical body has welcomed moves away from using the quarantine hotel system after continual breaches.
Dr Perry says there is a real problem with quarantine as exemplified by the recent lockdown protests in Brisbane over the past weekend.
Perry says vaccinations are the solution and that only 3.6 million Australians have been fully vaccinated, approximately 14.2 per cent of the total population.
Chief health officer Dr Jeanette Young said, “there’s not much we can do in our hotels to mitigate that risk anymore… the next step is to have rooms which only have outdoor access and don’t have access to an indoor corridor.”
A decision regarding the feasibility of the new proposed quarantine hub in Pinkenba near the Brisbane airport can be expected today.