Brisbane residents won't be locked down again after a focused lockdown of hospitals, prisons and aged care providers prevented community spread of coronavirus.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says the lockdown measures placed on the hospitals, aged care and disability services will be lifted from midday local time (1pm AEDT).
"This is fantastic news and I know there are a lot of people out there that need to go and see their loved ones."
The Brisbane restrictions on hospitals and aged care facilities began when a doctor tested positive on March 12, after working at Princess Alexandra Hospital and visiting four venues in the city's south the day before.
Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young says no new cases of community transmission have been reported for eight days.
She says locked-down facilities can open at noon (AEST) on Friday because she's now confident that Brisbane has escaped transmission after a doctor became infected last week.
"I hope people plan on going and visiting their loved ones in aged care, their family in our prisons, those people in disability services, and hospitals," Dr Young told reporters.
Dr Young said after 12 months of practice everyone now knew exactly how to respond to outbreaks.
The success of the more focused lockdown means there won't be another city-wide lockdown in Brisbane, she said.
"Absolutely, there's no need to go into lockdown when we've got responses like this," Dr Young said.
"We've handled it beautifully, absolutely beautifully."
The lockdown began on Saturday after the doctor tested positive on March 11, after working at Princess Alexandra Hospital and visiting four venues in the city's south the day before.
The woman was infected by a patient who also infected a person staying in a separate room at Brisbane's Hotel Grand Chancellor quarantine facility.
Dr Young said the two guests were staying at opposite ends of the corridor on level one of the hotel.
An analysis of CCTV found that no quarantine breach had occurred at the facility.
She believes the virus spread by people simply opening their doors to get their food.
"I cannot see that there's been any way of transmission," Dr Young said.
"Those two individuals did not step outside the doors of their rooms, and no one went into those rooms.
"So we know that corridors are a problem, we absolutely know it, and we know that the virus can come out of a room and go into the corridor, and because of the ventilation system we know it can be there."
Dr Young said guests would be allowed to return to the hotel and once all the guests on level one had completed their quarantine the floor would be deep cleaned.
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