Friday on my mind: Premier to lift restrictions despite cluster mystery

Monday January 18, 2021

With pandemic restrictions set to be eased in Brisbane on Friday, the cluster may end before authorities even know how it began.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk held a press conference on the latest coronavirus numbers this morning. (Photo: ABC)

Six people were infected with the more contagious UK strain of COVID-19, all linked, via guests or an infected cleaner, to the seventh floor of the Hotel Grand Chancellor. How the virus breached quarantine remains a mystery.

While an immediate lockdown has been credited with containing the outbreak, Deputy…

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