Queensland's top doctor denies Dannii Minogue received 'special treatment' allowing her to home quarantine'

Queensland's Chief Health officer has denied giving "special treatment" to singer Dannii Minogue who is self-isolating in a private home instead of a hotel.

The Australian returned from the United States over the weekend with her son, and instead of paying $2800 for mandatory hotel quarantine, she is staying in a Gold Coast residence.

Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said Minogue was given an exemption because she had "a COVID-safe plan manged by a third party".

"There's no special treatment for anyone," Dr Young said.

"The default arrangement in Queensland is if you don't have a COVID-safe plan or an industry plan or an exemption to hotel quarantine, then you go into hotel quarantine.

"There are a large number of different groups that have exemptions to hotel quarantine.

"For instance, consular officials, ADF personnel, people who work in the oil and gas industry ... people who work in specific film and entertainment industries."

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Dr Young said she had issued 38 similar exemptions to date.

"They need to then quarantine in another place that I'm satisfied adheres to the same requirements," she said.

Minogue is now expected to remain at the luxury property until her 14-day quarantine is up.

Under the Queensland government's rules, all travellers coming in to the state from overseas must self-isolate for the two-week period at their own cost of $2800.

While Minogue will escape the hotel quarantine fee, she will be subject to the same rules as everyone else while in quarantine.

She will not be allowed any visitors to the home and she and her son are not allowed to the leave.

The 48-year-old is said to be back in Australia to film a reality television show.

Officials in the United States are alarmed by an upward trend in coronavirus cases with Arizona, California, Florida, Mississippi and Texas recording a spike in new infections.

At least 3.3 million cases and more than 132,000 deaths have been reported in the United States.

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