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A representative body for obstetricians says it predicted the situation several years ago when the former Mater Hospital was bought by the state government and incorporated into the public facility.

The number of Queenslanders in hospital with COVID-19 has risen, continuing to put pressure on health services, Health Minister Yvette D'Ath says.

The free RAT scheme is coming to an end, most jurisdictions have tweaked their rules around reinfection, and more people can get vaccine boosters. But it doesn't look like mask rules are changing.

Triage tents are being used outside some hospitals in south-east Queensland, with the number of people hospitalised with COVID-19 across the state likely to exceed 1,000 in coming weeks — the highest number of the pandemic so far, health authorities say.

Authorities are managing an outbreak of COVID-19 on the Coral Princess as cases around the state near 41,000.

Queensland authorities say a COVID-19 outbreak on a cruise ship “was always going to happen”, but the proper protocols to manage it are in place.

Queensland Pharmacy Guild branch president Chris Owen says there is "no shortage" of vaccines across the community pharmacy network.

Elective surgeries may be suspended again in Queensland as the number of active COVID-19 cases in the state nears 40,000.

The Queensland government is warning of an escalation in the number of health and hospital staff unable to work due to COVID, with 2,016 currently off sick in the midst of the state's growing COVID wave.

Minister for Home Affairs Clare O’Neill confirmed on Sunday that the Digital Passenger Declaration would be scrapped

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