Queensland will open its borders to fully vaccinated travellers from interstate hot spots on 1:00am, Monday, December 13, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said at a media conference in Brisbane this afternoon.

With 78.67 per cent of Queenslanders over the age of 16 fully vaccinated, the state is opening up to the hot spots ahead of the scheduled December 17 date, she said.

Ms Palaszczuk said it was important to reunite families, especially in time for Christmas.

The ABC reported that the state recorded zero new community cases, and three cases were detected in hotel quarantine in the past 24 hours.

Ms Palaszczuk said an update on the Omicron variant would be provided to National Cabinet on Friday.

As of 1am, Monday, December 13:

• Travellers from interstate hotspots can arrive by road or air
• They must be fully vaccinated
• They must provide a negative COVID test in the previous 72 hours
• No quarantine is required for the fully vaccinated.
• International arrivals must be fully vaccinated and return a negative covid test within 72 hours of departure
• They will be required to get a test on arrival
• They must go into home or hotel quarantine for 14 days.
• There are two important changes:
• Travellers no longer have to wait two weeks to be considered fully vaccinated. One is enough.
• All travellers from hot spots must get a test on Day Five after their arrival.

 
Mandate date doesn't change

The mandate on who can enter venues remains unchanged. It takes effect on December 17.
Queensland COVID-19 snapshot, Reported in the past 24 hours:

• Locally acquired cases: 0
• Other sources: 3
• Tests:10,582

Queensland's vaccine roll-out (percentage of those aged 16+):

• First dose: 87.4 per cent
• Second dose: 78.7 per cent

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(source ABC News)