Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has outlined a roadmap to reopen the state's borders to COVID-19 hotspots for fully vaccinated people by Christmas.

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Fully vaccinated travellers will be allowed to enter Queensland without the need to quarantine from December 17

It comes as the state recorded zero new locally acquired COVID cases in the past 24 hours, while more than 8,000 people remain stranded interstate, having applied for border passes to enter Queensland.

Ms Palaszczuk said Queensland would begin a phased border reopening for fully vaccinated people from November 19.

She said modelling showed 80 per cent of Queenslanders could be fully vaccinated by December 17 and said if vaccine targets were reached sooner, the date could be brought forward.

But she said even if the state did not reach 80 per cent, the date was "locked in" and would not be pushed back.

"[From December 17] travellers from a designated interstate hotspot can travel by road or by air, they must be fully vaccinated, they must have a negative COVID test in the previous 72 hours and no quarantine will be required," Ms Palaszczuk said.

"That is good news for families to be reunited for Christmas."

Ms Palaszczuk suggested if vaccine thresholds were reached sooner, the December 17 date may be brought forward.

"This is your last opportunity, your last chance to get vaccinated," Ms Palaszczuk said.

In the past 24 hours, the state conducted 5,718 tests and administered 14,920 vaccines in state-run hubs.

Currently, 72.26 per cent of Queensland residents have had one dose, and 56.58 per cent are fully vaccinated.

"People have been telling me they miss seeing their uncles, their aunts, their mothers, fathers and children – this is really important that we unite Queenslanders but we do it in the safest way," Ms Palaszczuk said.

"We are going to try to minimise the risk, and there are key steps we're going to take along the way.

Source: abc.net.au