Brisbane lockdown to end at noon

Brisbane’s lockdown will end at noon – five hours earlier than originally planned – after Queensland recorded just one new locally acquired coronavirus case on Thursday.

Ten new cases were detected in hotel quarantine. The sole new local case was linked back to an existing cluster.

Private gatherings will still be capped at 30 people and masks will remain mandatory indoors.

On Thursday morning, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said a record 34,711 tests were conducted overnight.

“The lockdown has been lifted in Greater Brisbane, but we’re not out of the woods yet, so I’m asking all Queenslanders for the next two weeks … to do the right thing, we can get through this…