Chief health officer Jeannette Young toughens regulations regarding Queensland aged care visits

Dr Young invoked emergency powers to cut visits in the wake of the public health emergency after three teenagers from Logan visited Melbourne and Sydney, and did not reveal details of their movements when returning to Queensland.

In a statement, Dr Young said the public health emergency area was for all of Queensland up to August 17 but might be extended.

Redlands, Logan and Beaudesert have a swathe of aged care homes, including 27 in the bayside area alone.

It applies to residential aged care facilities and prevents people visiting without lawful reason if they have been in a declared COVID-19 hot spot, have travelled from overseas, been in contact with someone who has the virus, has not been vaccinated for the flu or has a temperature equal to or higher than 37.5 degrees.

The idea is to manage contact between residents and non-residents after alarming rates of aged care home infections occurred in Victoria.

All approved visitors must wear face masks and no residents must leave without approval.

The main changes are for all residential aged care facilities to have a management plan in place under which it is mandatory for all staff to advise employers if they have another job and if a COVID-19 case has been found at their other workplace.

"Due to recently announced cases in Queensland extra restrictions have now been put in place for residential aged care facilities in Metro South and neighbouring suburbs in the West Moreton region," the statement says.

Restrictions include: