Brisbane hospital lockdown lifted as Queensland avoids feared COVID outbreak

Brisbane residents won’t be locked down again after a focused lockdown of hospitals, prisons and aged care providers prevented community spread of coronavirus.

Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young says no new cases of community transmission have been reported for eight days.

She says locked-down facilities can open at noon (AEST) on Friday because she’s now confident that Brisbane has escaped transmission after a doctor became infected last week.

“I hope people plan on going and visiting…