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Year of living dangerously: How Qld sidestepped the pandemic pitfalls
Thursday January 28, 2021
Today marks one year since the discovery of Queensland’s first COVID-19 case. As Sean Parnell writes, the state could have been dealing with a much more tragic milestone.
Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young giving one of her regular COVID-19 updates with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk. (Photo: ABC)
By the time the more contagious UK strain of coronavirus hit Queensland this month, authorities were ready for it. Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young praised Queenslanders for heeding the warnings, and pointed to well-drilled staff and structures that…
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