Queensland has recorded no new cases of coronavirus overnight.
Authorities announced 72.07 per cent of eligible Queenslanders have had their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while 56 per cent are fully vaccinated.
Acting Premier Steven Miles said Queensland “will stick to the national plan” when it came to moving forward.
“As soon as we reach those 70 and 80 per cent targets, well then the need for restrictions will get less,” he said.
“I guess the difference is we’re not in lockdown here, where as in New South Wales they have had the motivation of lifting the lockdown [to get vaccinated] — we’re not currently in lockdown.
“So the motivation, the incentive is, to avoid lockdown and of course when we reach suitable thresholds we’ll also be able to lift other restrictions.”
He said the government could not set a target for reopening borders.
“Because we don’t know when we’ll hit those targets,” he said.
“We need, we absolutely need Queenslanders to go out and get vaccinated.
“We’re not yet at 80 per cent first dose and so that makes it very hard to predict when we will get to 80 per cent second dose.”
More to come.
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