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Breaking News and Live Updates: Queensland race to stop new outbreak; Second Sydney hotel security guard tests positive; Victoria cases continue to drop as death toll climbs – 9News
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They were the words Queensland’s Chief Health Officer Dr Jeanette Young didn’t want to say.
“It’s out there in our community, we’ve clearly got community spread.”
A centre for youth detention at Wacol near Brisbane has now become the epicentre of a worrying outbreak for the state after a supervisor tested positive.
Of the nine new cases revealed in the state on Saturday, three from cargo ships have been contained, while the others are from a growing cluster linked to the guard.
“We’re concer…
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