Covid exposures force Queensland restaurants to shut during ‘busiest week of the year’
theguardian.comQueensland restaurants looking forward to a bumper Christmas as tourists return are instead shutting their doors as Covid case numbers increase in the state.
Some 300,000 people from Victoria, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, which have been experiencing high case numbers, travelled into Queensland after it opened its borders on 13 December.
The hospitality industry was already crippled by staff shortages caused by closed borders and a lack of migrants and backpackers. Now restaurants are being forced to close as staff found to be close contacts must quarantine for a week.
Noosa has been hit hard because of the small population pool, the dominance of the tourism industry, and the influx of tourists from other states.
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