But Chief Health Officer John Gerrard said things had changed since the arrival of Omicron,which was much more contagious than Delta.
“Most of us now believe that the speed with which we will reach a peak is probably faster than we originally anticipated,” he said.
“I think it’s probably we’re talking more in the weeks than the months.
“What we’re seeing in New South Wales and the United Kingdom is very much faster,so we will be seeing that in the coming days and weeks and I think we can reasonably expect that Omicron will spread in Queensland in the coming weeks.
“It won’t be a surprise. We are not going to change our plans.”
Dr Gerrard said,in the future,there needed to be a degree of “risk appetite”.
“We can’t just completely lock down and eliminate all risk,” he said.