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Parts of Queensland will go into lockdown for three days from 4pm on Saturday as the state recorded seven new cases of COVID-19 overnight.
Seven new cases of COVID-19 have been identified, with six related to the Indooroopilly State High School student cluster and one an overseas case.
The new local cases are linked to the Indooroopilly student, who tested positive on Friday, and have been confirmed to be her parents and two siblings, as well as a medical student who tutors the student and a teacher from Ironside State School.
The two schools are connected through the Indooroopilly student’s youngest sibling, who attends Ironside State School.
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Just when you thought Australia’s vaccine rollout couldn’t become more of a hot mess, Prime Minister Scott Morrison seemingly blindsided everyone when he announced that anyone (regardless of age or profession) can ask their doctor for an AstraZeneca jab.
Since Monday night’s press conference, many people have asked the question: did Scott Morrison actually mean to announce that anyone can get an AZ jab? Or was it just a slip of the tongue that he ran with?
Let’s investigate.
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As we know all too well after more than a year of battling the COVID-19 pandemic, Morrison isn’t particularly great with words, and this presser was no different. I mean, this man said “more soonly” at one point.
Authorities admit the discovery of a Covid case in a woman who escaped Melbourne’s lockdown with her partner to travel to the Sunshine Coast happened due to sheer luck, as police reveal the likely reason they chose their border crossing point.
Authorities admit the discovery of a Covid case in a woman who escaped Melbourne’s lockdown with her partner to travel to the Sunshine Coast happened due to sheer luck, as police reveal the likely reason they chose their border crossing point.