The Queensland Premier has announced the state's southern border restrictions will remain in place for the month of September as the state recorded two new coronavirus cases overnight.
"There will be no changes for the month of September," Annastacia Palaszczuk said this morning.
Ms Palaszczuk said the decision would be reviewed at the end of every month.
"Our Chief Health Officer Dr Young has made it very clear she doesn't want to see community transmission, and there is community transmission at the moment in the southern states," Ms Palaszczuk said.
A 37-year-old nurse at Ipswich Hospital and an 18-year-old student at Staines Memorial college, in Brisbane's south, both tested positive overnight.
The school remains closed, after another student previously tested positive.
Health Minister Steven Miles confirmed the student was from Redbank Plains and had already been in quarantine.
Mr Miles said the male nurse had been working in the COVID-19 ward at the hospital, where there were positive cases.
A spokesperson clarified that the Ipswich nurse did not have contact with a prior case and authorities were continuing to do contact tracing to determine exactly how he contracted it.
"He had identified abdominal pain which is not normally considered a symptom of covid-19, but he was incredibly wise and he identified that could have been a symptom and he went and got tested," Mr Miles said.
Mr Miles said another positive case flew into Queensland yesterday despite testing positive in Victoria "some time ago".
"Victorian authorities had been attempting to located him," he said.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk praised the actions of police.
"This is great work from the police that have been able to apprehend this man, who was trying to get into Queensland illegally," Ms Palaszczuk said.
There will now be contact tracing for flight JQ560.
"Just imagine if he had come into our community," she said.
Mr Miles added that the man was now in quarantine and authorities would investigate whether he had committed an offence.
Premier describes prison situation as 'very difficult'
The Premier said the situation in Queensland's prisons remained "a very difficult situation at the moment", amid reports of violent unrest overnight.
Prisons throughout the south-east remain in stage 4 lockdowns, where prisoners are confined to their cells, following a COVID-19 outbreak in youth corrections.
"It's fundamental that we try to stop the spread of COVID in our prisons, that's why these tough measures have had to be taken," Ms Palaszczuk said.
There are now 28 active cases in Queensland, with 7,489 tests conducted in the last 24 hours.
Queensland Health also reiterated their advice to residents about wearing masks in crowded places throughout the south-east corner of Queensland.
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