Queensland records no new local COVID-19 cases

No new cases of COVID-19 have emerged in Queensland after at least six people were infectious in Brisbane and the southern town of Goondiwindi in the past week.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.

Annastacia Palaszczuk says Queensland will "be monitoring everything" after zero new COVID-19 cases. (AAP)

Queensland has recorded zero new locally acquired COVID-19 cases one day after three infections emerged in the southern border town of Goondiwindi.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says there were two new cases recorded in hotel quarantine after 11,850 tests in the 24 hours to 6.30am on Friday.

"We have zero new locally acquired cases, which is fantastic news, but of course we will be monitoring everything that's happening in Goondiwindi," she said.

There had been concerns about three females - in their teens, 20s and 30s - who were recorded as cases on Thursday, while authorities revealed a NSW woman and a Victorian truck driver had been in Goondiwindi while infectious on the weekend.

However, the state government said on Thursday a lockdown was unlikely because of the town's high vaccination rate.

Commonwealth figures show that as of Monday, 90.9 per cent of eligible residents had received one jab and 81.5 per cent were fully vaccinated.

Ms Palaszczuk said Queensland will also restrict cross-border travel from the NSW town of Moree to "essential purposes" for the next seven days.

Visitors will also be banned from health and aged care facilities in the Goondiwindi area this weekend.

There is no evidence of any spread from another case, who was briefly infectious at Brisbane Airport's domestic terminal on Sunday afternoon.


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