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"&lt;p&gt;Queenslanders do not need to wear masks when out and about, but physical distancing remains key, the state&amp;apos;s Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young has maintained.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;If people wish to wear masks, of course they can but I don&amp;apos;t think it&amp;apos;s essential at this point in time,&amp;quot; Dr Young told reporters today.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s more important &amp;#x2013; far, far more important to maintain that social distancing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;When people go to supermarkets, my advice is, whether or not you need it, get one of those really big trolleys and just think, use that trolley as a circle around you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Maintain the distance and that will be far more safe than a mask, because masks are not 100 per cent.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Queensland currently has just five active cases recorded outside of hotel quarantine &amp;#x2013; all of them connected to the three women who have been charged with lying to border authorities after travelling to Victoria.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dr Young described masks as the &amp;quot;end stage&amp;quot; when &amp;quot;we&amp;apos;ve tried everything else&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;"
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