The Greater Brisbane Area Is Going Into Lockdown for Three Days From 6pm Tonight – Concrete Playground

In response to the latest local case of COVID-19 in Brisbane, in a hotel quarantine worker, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced that the entire Greater Brisbane region — spanning the Brisbane, Logan, Ipswich, Moreton and Redlands local government areas — is going into lockdown for three days. The shutdown will start at 6pm on Friday, January 8 and run through until 6pm on Monday, January 11.

“All residents living in those areas will be required to stay at home. Think of it as a long weekend at home,” the Premier said at her daily press conference today, Friday, January 8. “We need to do this… If we do not do this now, it could end up being a 30-day lockdown. So we will do a very strong three-day lockdown in…