You should be dancing: Boogie is back after 86 days without new cases
Queenslanders will be allowed to put on their dancing shoes when dance floor restrictions cease at all venues across the state next week.
From midday next Monday, distancing limits will be eased in nightclubs and other events to allow dancing.Ā Currently, dancing is only allowed at weddings.
Health Minister Yvette DāAth announced that dancing will be allowed in venues again after the state went 86 days without a new case in the community.
She said dancing indoors at pubs, bars, restaurants and clubs would be allowed from 1am on Monday.
āThis means that we can Blame It On the Boogie again,ā Ms DāAth said.
Indoor social distancing rules will still be one person per two square metres, with Young stressing the need for people to sensible.
She asked people not to form mosh pits where hundreds of people were all squashed up together āthat my daughter told me aboutā.
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āYou donāt know anyone and youāre not dancing with those 100 people,ā Young said.
āSo if you dance with someone youāve met that night, thatās of course fine. Just be sensible about it, and stay with that person, with your friendship group, with your family. Stay in those groups, but be spread out.ā
Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young said she absolutely loved dancing, but joked she did not have a conflict of interest in the decision to allow it again.
Young added that dancing was a great activity for improving mental and physical health.
āDancing is fantastic. It means that youāre congregating with people youāre socialising, youāre doing some physical activity,ā she said.
āSo itās a really good thing to do, so Iām so glad we can start doing it again.ā
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Queensland has banned fresh air breaks for people in hotel quarantine amid concerns about a growing number coronavirus cases.
Young says another three people tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday taking the total number of cases in the state to 22.
All are in hotel quarantine and Young says fresh air breaks have been banned to lower the risk of the virus spreading in the community.
āWeāre seeing more cases occurring in hotel quarantine, which means weāve had to tighten up our processes,ā she told reporters on Thursday.
āWe have seen breaches in hotel quarantine that have led to outbreaks in other states, and Iām very very cautious that I do everything possible ā¦ to make sure that that doesnāt happen in Queensland.ā
Young said a man who tested negative on his fourth day of quarantine had an air break, but later tested positive on his 10th day on Wednesday.
She said every person who the man came into contact with during his fresh air break had to be traced and tested.
The chief health officer said fortunately there hadnāt been any detected spread of the virus.
āBut itās always a concern, which is why we canāt have those fresh air breaks going forward, although I do absolutely understand the impost on those people and I thank them for what theyāre doing,ā she said.
Young also said Queensland Health were trying āour absolute bestā to find hotels with balconies or windows that could open.
However, most hotels in Brisbane are air-conditioned due to its subtropical climate.
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