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‘Very encouraging’: Queensland records just two more locally-acquired COVID-19 cases as lockdown decision looms – SBS News
Greater Brisbane’s lockdown could still end on Thursday after the number of COVID-19 cases in two clusters rose by just two to 17.
Queensland has recorded two new locally-transmitted cases of COVID-19, taking the total number of cases across two Brisbane clusters to 17.
The two additional cases were reported after 33,408 tests were conducted in the 24 hours to 9am on Wednesday.
One is a nurse from Brisbane’s Princess Alexandra Hospital, who was exposed to a COVID-19 patient, and the other is her housemate. The nurse had received her first vaccine dose.
“The signs are very encouraging and I want to thank everybody involved in…
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