REDLANDS has done well during the coronavirus crisis, with data showing just 32 cases have been recorded in the city since the pandemic took hold about 18 months ago.
That is well below the number of positive cases detected in other LGAs like Logan, Gold Coast and Brisbane, and makes up fewer than two per cent of the more than 2000 total cases recorded in Queensland.
The data, released by Queensland Health, comes as federal vaccine statistics reveal just over 40 per cent of Redlanders are fully vaccinated against the virus, while 60.8 per cent have had one jab.
It comes amid ongoing warnings from authorities that it is inevitable the Delta strain will enter Queensland because of high case numbers across the border in New South Wales.
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Redlands has recorded 26 overseas acquired cases, five locally acquired and one interstate case since the start of the pandemic.
At total of 78 cases have been detected at Logan, 255 at Gold Coast, 850 at Brisbane and just five in the Scenic Rim.
There was a Redlands coronavirus scare earlier this year when a confirmed case visited a Cold Rock ice cream parlour and Woolworths at Cleveland during the greater Brisbane three-day lockdown in March.
That came about a year after young Redland Bay mother Emma Hutson became one of the first locals to contract the virus.
She had no idea how she picked it up but said she had taken public transport and been in contact with people from overseas during a trip to Melbourne.
Queensland Health revealed in April 2020 that 20 COVID cases had been recorded in the Redlands, meaning just 12 have been detected in more than 16 months since.
Capalaba MP Don Brown said Queenslanders had done an amazing job responding to COVID, but warned it was just a matter of time until Delta emerged.
He called for people to get vaccinated this weekend as hubs opened for walk-ins and the Pfizer jab became available to over 60s.
Bowman MP Andrew Laming said the state's lagging vaccination rate was leaving Queensland vulnerable to an outbreak over Christmas.
Wealth, location and a largely English-speaking community meant Redlands had been well placed to avoid outbreaks.
"But Delta has confounded governments everywhere and with Queensland now 20 per cent behind NSW in first jab rate, we are likely to be vulnerable to an outbreak over the Christmas peak holiday period," he said.
"The Queensland Chief Health Officer's attack on AstraZeneca, slow-motion hubs taking weeks for a jab appointment and failing to order up to 12,000 Pfizer jabs allocated to Queensland is the ugly side of the response.
"Please everyone, ensure you are fully vaccinated before December for the sake of our Redland economy."
Queensland closed its borders for the first time in late March last year after recording 60 cases in the 24 hours previous.
That would set the tone for the next 18 months across Australia, with states opening and closing their borders at will to stop the virus spreading in the community.
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