CHO warns more outbreaks likely but lockdowns are not

“In eight days we have controlled an outbreak due to tremendous work by a whole range of people. It truly has been superb.

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“This has been the textbook response.”

Dr Young said the main reason Brisbane was spared from another shutdown was contact tracers could quickly find 650 people who might have been exposed to the doctor and travellers, and got them tested.

“It is really important that Queenslanders across the state check into those hospitality venues and those other venues because we can do what we have done this time,” she said.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said 17 new cases had been detected in Queensland quarantine hotels in two days, 12 of those from Papua New Guinea.

The state has 57 active cases, who are all…