Police Deputy Commissioner Steve Gollschewski warned that when border checkpoints returned,the roads became very congested.

“If they are Queenslanders,and they can get back out of an area that is not currently a hotspot,they should really do so today,” he said.

On Thursday,Queensland reported no new cases of COVID-19 and several restrictions will lift on Friday,including gatherings in homes rising from 30 to 100 people and no limits on people gathering in outdoor places.

Weddings will be allowed to have 200 attendees and “unlimited dancing”,up from 100 people with 20 dancers,while funerals will increase from 100 to 200 people.

Indoor venues will be allowed to have one person per two square metres,instead of one per four square metres.

“We can’t ease[restrictions] here without greater protection from the risk of people travelling from other states with the virus,” Mr Miles said.

“We’ve seen in recent days ongoing escalations in case numbers and numbers infectious in the communityin NSW,increased numbers in Victoria and escalations in South Australia.”

With COVID cases spreading at the MCG in Victoria,Mr Miles said Queensland would introduce new restrictions,with stadiums with more than 20,000 seats to be capped at 75 per cent capacity.

People must also wear masks in stadiums at all times unless they are seated and eating or drinking.

Queensland was again on edge this week after a fully vaccinated student in her 20ssparked a new Delta scare by travelling through the state while infectious.

Authorities have identified 356 close contacts of the student and 316 of a12-year-old boy,who are now all in home quarantine,with no further transmission so far giving Dr Young confidence to ease some restrictions.

People living in south-east Queensland were hopeful the mask edict would end on Friday.

But Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young ordered the wearing of masks for another week at all times,until 6am on July 30,unless people were in their own home,in cars with members of their household,doing strenuous exercise,aged under 12,or if they had a medical condition.