What you can and can’t do or buy during lockdown

As Logan enters a three-day lockdown to combat the UK strain of coronavirus, Logan residents are being urged to do the right thing.

Logan City Council will keep open its main customer service centre at Wembley Rd during business hours, but others will be closed, along with libraries, and other venues.

Waste facilities are open to essential customers today and tomorrow (Wednesday). The Animal Management Centre will be open 8.30am until 4.30pm during lockdown.

Parks are also open, but water play areas and barbecues will be switched off.

Immunisation clinics will be closed.

Council’s Free Trees event scheduled for Wednesday, March 31 has been postponed until Wednesday, April 21. Gyms and aquatic centres Council’s gyms and aquatic centres will be closed during the lockdown.

Large venues such as Hyperdome have committed to health safety, but reassured customers that takeaway will still be available. Clubs are closed.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the three-day lockdown would be reviewed on Wednesday and allow Queensland Health to carry out vital contact tracing.

“This is the UK strain. It is highly infectious. We need to do this now to avoid a longer lockdown,” the Premier said.

“Just like the lockdown in January, this is designed to be a circuit breaker to limit community spread as much as possible.”

Greater Brisbane restrictions

You can only leave your residence (which includes temporary accommodation such as a holiday rental) for limited permitted purposes such as: obtaining essential goods or services, including healthcare; exercise; attending essential work or childcare; and assisting vulnerable persons.

You should stay in your local area wherever possible.

You can only have two visitors to your residence (excluding volunteers and workers). Anyone residing at the residence from 5pm 29 March 2021 will be considered a member of the household.

You can exercise away from your home with your household group and/or one other person not from your household.

You must carry a face mask at all times when you leave home, unless you have a lawful reason not to. You must wear a mask in indoor spaces, such as:

• shopping centres and supermarkets
• hospitals and aged care facilities
• indoor workplaces (where safe to wear a mask and you can’t physically distance)
• public transport, taxis and rideshare, and waiting places or queues for this transport
• airports and travelling on planes.

Masks do not need to be worn in some circumstances, including children under 12 years, where people have certain medical conditions, and in workplaces where it is not safe to do so.

Masks do not to be worn outside when exercising unless you cannot socially distance.

A person may remove their mask when sitting down to eat, undertaking strenuous exercise and for employment purposes.

Non-essential businesses are not allowed to operate. Cinemas, entertainment and recreation venues, hairdressers, beauty and personal care services, gyms and places of worship will all close.

Schools will close until next term, except for the children of essential workers and vulnerable children. Childcare centres will remain open.

Restaurants and cafes can provide take away or home delivery services only.

Funerals will be limited to 20 people, and weddings will be limited to 10 people, including the celebrant and the couple.

Statewide restrictions on aged care, hospitals, disability care and correctional facilities will apply with no personal visitors allowed during the lockdown period.

Anyone attending these facilities in Greater Brisbane, including staff, must wear a mask. People will still be able to visit their loved ones who are at end of life.

Anyone who was in Greater Brisbane on or since Saturday 20 March 2021 is required to follow the same lockdown rules even if they are no longer in Greater Brisbane. You must only leave your home for the essential reasons and wear a mask.

You can return to your home outside of Greater Brisbane, but you must follow the same lockdown rules when you return home, regardless of where your destination is.

Those leaving the Greater Brisbane area during this time may do so for essential reasons or to return home, but must also remain at their residence and limit their movements until the lockdown period has ended.

If you live outside Greater Brisbane, you can transit through Greater Brisbane without stopping.

General advice

If you are unable to stay more than 1.5m distance from other people in an outdoor setting (eg – busy walkways and thoroughfares), it is strongly recommended to where a mask.

Masks do not need to be worn in some circumstances, including children under 12 years, where people have certain medical conditions, and in workplaces where it is not safe to do so.

Queensland Health has also issued a Public Health Alert for parts of Greater Brisbane and Central Queensland regions in relation to the latest cases. For the latest information related to these locations, visit the Queensland Health website.

Anyone with any COVID-19 symptoms, no matter how mild, should get tested immediately and isolate until you receive a negative result.

Symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, fatigue or loss of smell and/or taste.

To find your nearest testing clinic, visit  https://www.qld.gov.au/covid19testing

Meanwhile, Woolworths has put limits on the following products: