400 central Queensland business owners have gathered to express concerns over the impact of the state government’s COVID-19 restrictions for unvaccinated people.
During the meeting in Yeppoon, it was expressed that due to low vaccination rates in many areas of regional Queensland, small businesses fear they will have to ‘shut their doors’ to navigate their way through allowing unvaccinated people into their premises.
The central Queensland region has some of the lowest vaccination rates in the state sitting around 63.2 per-cent, not far in front of nearby Rockhampton and Gladstone all sitting below 62 per-cent.