'Best press conference ever': No new COVID-19 cases in Queensland

Queensland has recorded zero new cases of COVID-19, with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk describing the achievement as "great news".

The milestone comes after a growing outbreak of COVID-19 cases across the state, which health officials believe is now under control.

"We are delighted that through the hard work of Queensland that we have gotten to that situation today," Ms Palaszczuk said.

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"Well done everyone and let's keep up the good work."

There are 8679 people in quarantine, with Queensland's Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young warning the state was not quite out of the woods yet.

"We are not totally out of it yet," she said.

"We must keep up quarantine and testing."

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Queensland's Health Minister Yvette D'Ath said it was the "best press conference ever" to be able to announce there were zero new cases in the state.

Dr D'Ath said health officials were "confident" the outbreak could be eradicated as the state's 8000 close contacts were in quarantine.

"The lockdown that we had allowed us to contact traces and to contain those contacts into quarantine so that they are already away from the community when they were infectious," she said.

"This is a great outcome for everyone."

Queensland's check-in app became mandatory across a range of venues from today.

Residents in the affected Local Government Areas across South East Queensland, Townsville and Palm Island must keep wearing masks for another week.

There have been instances of Queensland police officers being "abused and treated poorly" by members of the public breaching the state's mask mandate.

"The message to the community is to carry on wearing masks ... if you push back you will face a fine and potentially more serious offences," Deputy Commissioner Steve Gollschewski said.

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