Greater Brisbane’s Lockdown Is Ending Early But New Restrictions Will Be in Place Until April 15 – Concrete Playground

Since 5pm on Monday, March 29, residents of Greater Brisbane — which spans the Brisbane, Logan, Ipswich, Moreton and Redlands local government areas — have been under the region’s second three-day lockdown of 2021. The reason: a new COVID-19 cluster that has arisen over the past week, and also spread to Byron Bay.

Thankfully, only a small number of new local cases have been identified in the past two days. Yes, that’s excellent news. Accordingly, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced that the stay-at-home conditions will end today, Thursday, April 1, as planned — and they’ll actually lift five hours earlier than initially slated, with the lockdown now ending at 12pm.

So, Brisbanites will be able to leave their…