General
How a single case of COVID-19 sparked a ‘quick and early’ lockdown and countrywide anxiety
Within one day of a hotel cleaner being confirmed as having the UK variant of COVID-19, more than 2 million people are in lockdown, Greater Brisbane has been declared a hotspot “at a Commonwealth level” and several states have imposed travel restrictions on some Queenslanders.
Key points:
- The confirmed case of the UK COVID-19 variant in Queensland injects more uncertainty into Australia’s pandemic response
- Experts say Australians may have had a ‘false sense of security’ before the discovery
- They say Australians need to prepare for more sharp and swift lockdowns
When it was discovered, that one case of COVID-19 was unlike any other in Australia outside of the hotel quarantine system.
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