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AMA backs Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young over coronavirus quarantine exemptions - ABC News

Queensland's medical community has spoken out in support of the state's Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young after revealing she has been subject to "online trolls" over recent decisions on quarantine exemptions for funerals.

AMA Queensland president Chris Perry said the state's doctors "believe in the science of the Chief Health Officer, we believe Qld should follow the advice of the Chief Health Officer and if she says the borders should stay closed, we think they should stay closed".

"We have seen a lot of quite personal attacks on our Chief Health Officer — she's a woman, she's very highly qualified, the stress is on her and all we can say is back off, we think this Chief Health Officer is doing a great job," Dr Perry said.

"Of the chief health officers in Australia, she is probably par excellence, she is probably the one they look up to the most.

"Leave her alone, she's doing a good job, we support what she's saying and doing."

Queensland has recorded no new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, Health Minister Steven Miles confirmed this morning.

"A fantastic result and a credit to the efforts of every single Queenslander and, of course, our health workforce," Mr Miles said.

There are now 30 ongoing active cases of COVID-19 in the state.

Headshot of Queensland Health Minister Steven Miles.
Steven Miles says it is "a fantastic result" to record zero cases in the past 24 hours.(AAP: Jono Searle)

Mr Miles said the state had recorded a total of 1,149 cases.

The AMA spoke at Queensland's daily COVID-19 media conference at the request of the Government, but Dr Perry said he was happy to do so to back Dr Young.

The move came a day after Mr Miles condemned what he called a "planned and orchestrated attack" on Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk over the state's refusal to allow a Canberra woman to leave hotel quarantine in Queensland and attend her father's funeral.

Today, Mr Miles said Queensland had businesses open and people back at work as a result of the state's border and infection control measures.

"So it's important to take health advice regardless of the pressure put on us," he said.

'Mostly online trolls'

Dr Perry said Dr Young had been under stress from the decisions she had been required to make.

"There are a lot of people asking for exemptions from quarantine or a different way of doing quarantine and she's been very fair with that," he said.

"It hasn't just been footballers and wealthy people, she's been listening to people all the way through and giving exemptions when she can when it's safe for the rest of the state to have those exemptions carried through."

Dr Perry said the Chief Health Officer's critics were "mostly online trolls".

"I know the Federal Government has a different point of view about borders, we don't want to get into that — we follow what the Chief Health Officer says and we'll leave it alone at that.

"But it's mostly been online people, the bullying which occurs on social media these days, I know the Chief Health Officer gets quite a bit of that."

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