Brisbane businesses frustrated over short lockdown notice

Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said the state must act now before there is community transmission of the UK strain, which is 70 per cent more infectious.

“We know, because people have been very mobile recently, it’s actually hard to find people, so I need people to be at home so we can contact trace them, so we can get them to go into quarantine at their home for 14 days, so we can test them and quarantine them again,” Dr Young said.

“The next three days will give us a chance to work out how much spread there has been because it would be too late if on Monday I stand up here in front of you and say we’ve had 10 cases and…