'This gives our members the opportunity to help with flattening the curve, it will reduce their movements around the community, they can be at home, they can plan for the start of the school year that will be two weeks' delayed,' she said. Queensland Teachers Union president Cresta Richardson said there needed to be 'a commonsense approach to dealing with Omicron' and a possible delay to the school year was welcomed. 'If the start of primary schooling is to be delayed we would encourage emergency funding be made available to assist parents in additional childcare or extended vacation care costs.' 'Students, teachers, school staff and volunteers' health and safety need to always be the determining key priority,' he said. P&Cs Queensland CEO Scott Wiseman said the body was supportive of the government's pre-planning and scenario modelling in responding to the COVID wave. Catch up on the main COVID-19 news from January 20 with a look back at our blog 'I'm focusing at the moment on getting our children vaccinated on Monday, focusing on our critical workforce that I'll be having more to say about tomorrow вЂ¦ we will release our plan for return to school so everybody will not have to worry,' Ms Palaszczuk said. She said staff shortages in schools was also a factor that needed to be accounted for in the plans, before adding January and February would be 'a very tough time for Queensland'. The start of the school year may be delayed if Omicron is peaking. 'I've got sisters who've got young children, they're concerned and they want to make sure that their kids are vaccinated before returning to school.' 'So we are looking at a one-to-two-week delay in relation to the return to school. 'We're doing modelling in relation to the peak of this Omicron wave and let me assure parents that we will not be sending primary school students back during the first week of school if we are heading towards a peak,' she said. Ms Palaszczuk said school reopening strategies were being discussed at national cabinet and state level butВ a plan will be released in the coming days. Latest case information from Queensland Health. Queensland's vaccine rollout (percentage of those aged 16+): Queensland Health carried outВ 36,492 tests in the reporting period, with almostВ one in three tests coming back positive. There are 327 people in hospital withВ 14 in intensive care and threeВ on ventilators.

Queensland has recorded 10,953 new cases of COVID-19, but Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says there are 'absolutely more' infections not being confirmed by authorities.

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