Lets all hope that in the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) meeting this afternoon we have the states calm the headless chook states QLD and WA down a bit! - all the state CHO's are getting together to discuss basically everything covid related.....
Fingers crossed.
Update:
Appears the meeting has gone very well and that calmer minds may have helped with a couple of the worried / less prepared states.
It also looks like QLD have begun leaking out that borders to both VIC and NSW will be reopened and we may find out TOMORROW.
But lets not count our headless chooks until they have hatched
FINGERS CROSSED for everyone. It might be too late for QLD's tourism industries summer, but for families it will be an enormous relief.
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Qld Premier hints at for early border decision tomorrow
Sydneysiders might find out when they will be let back into Queensland as early as Tuesday after NSW health authorities confirmed the southern state had gone more than a month without an unlinked case of COVID-19.
The criteria to reopen Queensland's borders has been 28 days of no new COVID diagnoses which could not be traced to another known case.
NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said the last unlinked case was on October 24, while Saturday will mark 28 days since any COVID case was diagnosed in Victoria, let alone an unlinked case.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk responded and said the health data was being "conveyed" to Queensland's chief health officer from her interstate counterparts today ahead of the monthly border review and she would provide an update on Tuesday.
Ms Palaszczuk had previously said the decision on borders would be made on November 30, but when asked if that could be brought forward given the streak of no cases in southern states, the Premier said "let's see".
"I will give you an update tomorrow," she said.
"I actually do think things are looking very positive, the most positive I have seen this year, so, look, fingers crossed if it continues that way, our roadmap says December 1, I am very encouraged that it will be a positive outcome for both NSW and Victoria."
The first flight from Melbourne has landed in Sydney since NSW lifted border restrictions with Victoria overnight. Meanwhile Victorians can breathe easier outdoors after mandatory mask-wearing was dropped in outdoor settings. Follow our live coverage here.
www.watoday.com.au