Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is urging Queenslanders to get their booster shots as cases rise. -AAP Image
Queensland has recorded 13 COVID-19 deaths and 16,031 new cases as the state moves to cut the waiting time for those waiting to get a booster vaccine.
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The new virus cases emerged after 37,121 tests in the 24 hours to 6.30am on Friday, taking the number of active cases in the state to more than 100,000.
There are 855 patients being treated for COVID-19 in hospital and another 54 in intensive care and 22 people on ventilators.
The latest figures show that 91.76 per cent of eligible Queenslanders have had one dose of a vaccine and 89 per cent have had two.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says 62 per cent of those eligible have had a booster and the waiting time for a third jab will be cut from four to three months from Monday.
"Our pharmacists will be prepared, our GPS will be prepared, our health centres will be prepared," she said.
"So that brings us in line with what other jurisdictions are doing as well.
"The Chief Health Officer advised me this morning that it is safe to do that.Â
"So can I say to Queenslanders if you are due to have your booster please come and get your booster, it is that added layer of protection."
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