Brisbane’s lockdown to lift at midday today after just one case of community transmission

Lockdown will lift early in Brisbane, ending at midday today, after just one new case of community transmission that’s linked to an existing cluster of COVID-19.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said testing rates, low case numbers, and the fact that community transmission had been linked to existing cases, allowed authorities to give the green light.

“Easter is good to go,” she said.

“I understand a lot of families in Greater Brisbane have made plans and the last thing we want to see are accidents on our roads at 5:00pm this afternoon and into the evening.”  

However, some restrictions will remain across the state.

Ms Palaszczuk said for the next two weeks, from midday until April 15, all Queenslanders…