A decision to open Queensland’s border to parts of NSW could be made today with Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk preparing to meet with health authorities this morning.
It comes as NSW records yet another day with no community transmission – the state’s 17th consecutive day with no new locally acquired cases.
It has also been more than a month without mystery cases, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian told Today this morning.
“We have had an unbelievable streak in no community transmission and that will continue today,” she said.
“I can tell you overnight we haven’t had any community cases. So it has been absolutely wonderful to see those results.”
Premier Palaszczuk has previously announced that the criteria to reopen Queensland’s borders to NSW would be a 28 day period with no new COVID-19 cases with an unknown source.
The last mystery case in NSW was recorded on October 24.
“I would be absolutely thrilled if the Queensland border came down today. I would be absolutely thrilled, very grateful,” Ms Berejiklian said.
“But I also hope we don’t have a situation where the border with Queensland opens and shuts at a whim because we are going to get cases in NSW.”
Yesterday, Ms Palaszczuk said an easing of border restrictions for NSW and Victoria was “looking 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 NSW and Victoria,” she said.
On November 3, the Queensland border reopened to NSW but residents of 32 local government areas of Sydney were banned after Ms Palaszczuk branded the greater Sydney area a COVID-19 “hotspot”.
