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Queensland’s coronavirus cluster grows to seven. This is how they are connected
Queensland’s latest cluster of community-spread coronavirus cases has grown to seven.
Key points:
- The cluster includes seven people and is linked to a doctor who tested positive in early March
- The seven people include a man in his 20s from Strathpine and his colleagues
- A nurse at the Princess Alexandra Hospital and her sister have also tested positive
The emergence of four of those cases in the past 24 hours has prompted a three-day lockdown of Greater Brisbane from 5:00pm today.
Here is what we know about each case.
A 26-year-old landscaper from Stafford, in Brisbane’s inner-north tested positive on March 25.
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