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How mutant COVID strain infiltrated Australia – Northern Star
The discovery of just one coronavirus case was enough to plunge Brisbane into a three-day lockdown – but this was no ordinary infection.
The discovery of just one coronavirus case in Brisbane was enough to shut down the city last week and force Australia to cut its overseas arrivals by half – but this case was no ordinary infection.
It was Australia’s first case outside hotel quarantine of a mutant strain of the coronavirus, known as B117, which is highly infectious and has already caused havoc in England, where one in 50 people are thought to have an active case of COVID-19.
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