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Snap lockdown for greater Brisbane to stop new virus outbreak
Friday January 08, 2021
Greater Brisbane will enter a three-day lockdown from 6pm tonight as worried health authorities work to contain the spread of a virulent UK strain of coronavirus.
Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young (Photo: AAP Image/Darren England)
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced the lockdown for people in the local government areas of Brisbane, Moreton Bay, Ipswich, Redlands and Logan, saying they will need to stay at home until 6pm on Monday.
Masks will be mandatory in public and people will only be allowed out of home to attend work if they can’t work from…
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