The Queensland government is looking at using some of the mining camps in the state as quarantine facilities as it faces down potential future outbreaks of the CCP virus, which health authorities have said will likely be dominated by the more transmissible UK strain. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk told reporters on Thursday that she will put…
Queensland Proposes Mining Camps as Alternative to Hotel Quarantine
Authorities Remain on Alert in Brisbane for Virus
Three new cases of the CCP virus have been detected in Brisbane hotel quarantine, one of which is the partner of the quarantine hotel cleaner who sparked the three-day lockdown. The man initially tested negative in the morning on Jan. 7 but became unwell in the evening. Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young is asking anyone…
Brisbane Lockdown Ends but Masks Remain for 10 Days
The Queensland government has lifted Brisbane’s three-day CCP virus lockdown, but people will need to continue wearing masks for another ten days. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk told reporters on Monday the lockdown will end on Monday at 6 pm, and people will be able to leave their homes for any reason. The new mask rule and…
Brisbane Restaurant Owners Back City-Wide Lockdown as Financial Toll Bites
Brisbane restaurant owners are supportive of a city-wide lockdown to contain a single case of the mutated UK-strain of COVID-19 but warn their businesses are taking a huge financial toll. On Friday, Queensland State Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced the three-day lockdown to begin on the same day. The lockdown is designed to give health officials…
Brisbane Goes Into Three Day Lockdown
Brisbane is going into a strict lockdown for three days over the weekend as health authorities race to track down everyone who came into contact a confirmed case of the highly-infectious UK strain of the CCP virus, which causes the COVID-19 disease. Queensland’s Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said the government learned at 4 p.m. on…
Queensland to Order Arrivals From Sydney Region into Quarantine
Queensland will close its border to greater Sydney region amid an outbreak of coronavirus that has reached 70 cases in the New South Wales capital. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says all arrivals from Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast and Illawarra-Shoalhaven will have to go into 14-day quarantine on arrival in Queensland from 1 a.m….
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