Queensland to Recruit Cairns Hotels for ‘Very Strong’ Quarantine Program

Queensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles speaks to the media during a press conference in Brisbane, Australia, on June 30, 2020. AAP Image/Glenn Hunt

Queensland has declared its CCP virus hotel quarantine program a success as it sets out to convince hotels in Cairns and other regions to participate in the program, ahead of the state increasing its intake of returning overseas travellers to 500 per week.

“It’s because of our very strong hotel quarantine program that we’ve been able to keep Queenslanders safe,” Steven Miles, the state’s health minister, told reporters on Monday.