COVID LATEST: Qld records five new cases, all from PNG

Deputy Premier Steven Miles said all five were returned travellers from Papua New Guinea, underlining “how real that concern and risk is about the situation in PNG”, where a tsunami of COVID-19 cases is overwhelming the local health system.Mr Miles said Queensland Health Minister Yvette D’Ath was in the Torres Strait overseeing plans to ensure that “vulnerable” communities there were vaccinated and protected from the COVID-19 risk posed by being so close to PNG.“There are islands in the…



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