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Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young defends Brisbane COVID-19 lockdown as three new cases recorded
Queensland’s Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young has defended the three-day lockdown across Greater Brisbane, as the state records three new cases of COVID-19.
Key points:
- Dr Young says the three-day Greater Brisbane lockdown has been “enormously successful”
- The partner of a hotel cleaner is included today’s COVID-19 case tally
- Authorities are still waiting on the results of genomic testing to know if the man has the UK variant
Dr Young said the lockdown was needed to immediately and quickly manage the potential spread of the highly contagious UK variant.
It came into force at 6:00pm on January 8 for residents in Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan, Moreton Bay and the Redlands after a hotel quarantine cleaner tested positive to the UK strain of…
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