Qld passes deadline on coronavirus cluster - Seymour Telegraph

The warning comes two days after the Sunshine State closed its border with NSW and authorities on Monday relaxed restrictions blocking visitors from aged care homes.

Dr Young said it was likely COVID-19 would spread through NSW north to the border communities and could cross over into Queensland.

"So it is really important that all those people along our border, whether they are in Queensland or NSW, think what is the next step if we have to close the border to everyone," she said.

Despite the potential threat, the state's aged care homes have been permitted to reopen to visitors following two weeks of high alert for an outbreak linked to two teens who dodged quarantine.

"That is really good news, no community transmission in Queensland," Dr Young said.

Nineteen more Victorians have died of coronavirus, making it the nation’s deadliest day of the pandemic, with the Australian death toll now surpassing 300.

Australian war hero Teddy Sheean, who died in 1942 aged 18 when HMAS Armidale was sunk by Japanese bombers, will be awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross

Australian war hero Teddy Sheean, who died in 1942 aged 18 when HMAS Armidale was sunk by Japanese bombers, will be awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross