Queensland has recorded zero new locally acquired COVID-19 cases and one case detected in hotel quarantine.
"Well done Queensland, that's a perfect way to start a Sunday," Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said.
While she said it was a fantastic result, Ms Palaszczuk said Queensland was by no means "out of the woods yet".
"This is a world pandemic and we are going to continue to see cases, and we need to be very vigilant," Ms Palaszczuk said.
"If you have any symptoms, however small whatsoever, please go and get a test.
"That is absolutely critical and go and get your vaccination when it is due."
The Premier said border security at the Queensland-New South Wales border had been tightened.
It comes after the entire state of New South Wales, including several local government areas in the border zone went into lockdown earlier this week amid a rapidly spreading Delta outbreak in the southern state.
The announcement prompted Queensland Health to restrict travel for New South Wales border zone residents to only enter Queensland for essential reasons.
From 8:00pm last night, border zone residents can only enter Queensland to get essential goods and services that cannot be found in New South Wales.
"There should be very minimal movement over their border, and that extra police presence out will ensure that we will do everything we can to keep Queenslanders safe," Ms Palaszczuk said.
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"This is probably the tightest of our border controls we've put in place so it will be very strict.
"We are checking people, and of course, it is very minimal reason for that movement, and that is only if you're an essential worker and we'll be checking freight as well."
The entire state of New South Wales entered a seven-day snap lockdown yesterday as it recorded 466 new locally acquired cases of the virus.
"The police, through the police commissioner, mobilised incredibly quickly, so I really want to thank our agencies for moving at light speed to enact stricter measures at the border," Ms Palaszczuk said.
She said there were discussions about redrawing a borderline so the Tweed area could be included in Queensland's COVID-19 restrictions, rather than New South Wales, but it was not possible.
"Unfortunately it wasn't progressed in time so I know they've [NSW] got a lot of other things to deal with at the moment but we've tried our hardest," she said
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