Quarantine lifts for 960 Logan families, Queensland reviews rules for truck drivers

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Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young says she is satisfied the risk of COVID-19 spreading through the school community is sufficiently low and that most of the families can leave quarantine immediately.

About 960 families of students at Windaroo State School, south of Brisbane, no longer have to quarantine.The 960 families were awaiting the negative results from two remaining children, whose parents initially did not want them testedQueensland Health is reviewing protocols for truckies after recent outbreaks involving drivers being infectious in the community

All 36 children who attend after-school care at the centre have now tested negative for COVID-19, but Dr Young said those families needed to stay in quarantine because the early learning centre remained a close contact location. One family initially did not allow their two children to be tested, meaning the 960 families had to remain in isolation.

 

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. Since when is Windaroo in Logan?

There are so many conversations about keeping communities safe from truck drivers, but few about keeping the drivers themselves safe from the virus.

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