Figures & data
Figure 1. Timeline of changes in vaccination coverage, border changes and masking requirements with the number of daily COVID-19 case notifications (orange) with seven day moving average and number of SA2s with recorded cases (blue).
![Figure 1. Timeline of changes in vaccination coverage, border changes and masking requirements with the number of daily COVID-19 case notifications (orange) with seven day moving average and number of SA2s with recorded cases (blue).](/cms/asset/d03feecc-02f3-4392-b871-4191260a9278/infd_a_2324355_f0001_c.jpg)
Table 1. Phase details of Queensland government state and international border closures and restrictions based on population vaccination targets of 70%, 80% and 90% and recommended masking requirements.
Figure 2. Scatter plots with regression line for daily COVID-19 cases (green) and SA2 regions (blue) by phase of border opening (A, B) and masking levels (C–E) from 13 December 2021 to 19 July 2022.
![Figure 2. Scatter plots with regression line for daily COVID-19 cases (green) and SA2 regions (blue) by phase of border opening (A, B) and masking levels (C–E) from 13 December 2021 to 19 July 2022.](/cms/asset/08bbc19c-458f-4647-b523-5f9e74bd7d50/infd_a_2324355_f0002_c.jpg)
Figure 3. Percentage of the population having received two doses of COVID-19 vaccine by SA3 region at vaccination target thresholds. Left to right: 70% state population coverage (15 November 2021), 80% state population coverage (13 December 2021) and 90% state population coverage (17 January 2022).
![Figure 3. Percentage of the population having received two doses of COVID-19 vaccine by SA3 region at vaccination target thresholds. Left to right: 70% state population coverage (15 November 2021), 80% state population coverage (13 December 2021) and 90% state population coverage (17 January 2022).](/cms/asset/b0814b22-ed59-48b2-a091-03c2d5a1e14f/infd_a_2324355_f0003_c.jpg)
Figure 4. COVID-19 incidence per 100,000 population per 100 days by border closure phases for Queensland (A: phase one, B: phase 2 and C: phase 3; D–F: SEQ detail).
![Figure 4. COVID-19 incidence per 100,000 population per 100 days by border closure phases for Queensland (A: phase one, B: phase 2 and C: phase 3; D–F: SEQ detail).](/cms/asset/72b37d29-94a6-4230-ba4b-21ed1f36ffa3/infd_a_2324355_f0004_c.jpg)
Figure 5. COVID-19 incidence per 100,000 population per 100 days by masking requirements for Queensland (A: level 1, B: level 2 and C: level 3; D–F: SEQ detail).
![Figure 5. COVID-19 incidence per 100,000 population per 100 days by masking requirements for Queensland (A: level 1, B: level 2 and C: level 3; D–F: SEQ detail).](/cms/asset/b2b2bdc8-ae47-42aa-9a25-f9326731fa24/infd_a_2324355_f0005_c.jpg)
Figure 6. Relative risk by SA2 with MLC by border restrictions in Queensland with details for SEQ (A: phase one, B: phase 2 and C: phase 3) showing clusters by area (cluster outline) and proportional to population (blue gradient and diameter).
![Figure 6. Relative risk by SA2 with MLC by border restrictions in Queensland with details for SEQ (A: phase one, B: phase 2 and C: phase 3) showing clusters by area (cluster outline) and proportional to population (blue gradient and diameter).](/cms/asset/e65989f0-91e3-4a56-8092-1bf6e13180d1/infd_a_2324355_f0006_c.jpg)
Table 2. Details of most-likely clusters (MLC) of COVID-19 infection by intervention phase.
Supplemental Material
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The data that support the findings of this study are from publicly available sources. COVID-19 incidence data for Queensland, Australia are available from the COVID-19 Resources Open Data Portal from the Queensland Government repository (CC BY 4.0) (https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/queensland-covid-19-case-line-list-location-source-of-infection/resource/1dbae506-d73c-4c19-b727-e8654b8be95a) [Citation54]. All Australian SA2 population estimates data for 2021–2022 are available for download from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data repository (CC BY 4.0) (https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/regional-population/2021-22/32180DS0001_2021-22r.xlsx) [Citation55].