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Queensland Health authorities hint lockdown will ease as they record 27 new local cases
Chief Health Officer Doctor Jeannette Young has hinted Queensland could emerge from lockdown on Sunday after the latest figures showed they were in front of the virus.
David WuDigital Producer
August 5, 2021 - 10:35AM
Queensland Chief Health Officer Doctor Jeannette Young did not expect to be this far in front of the outbreak as she indicated the state is doing brilliantly . The fact we only had five days of people being infectious in the community so between four people out and about in the community for five days while infectious, she said.
Queensland Chief Health Officer (CHO) Jeannette Young has warned unvaccinated grandparents not to go “anywhere near” their grandchildren as the CCP virus Delta variant spreads to four schools in the Australian state.
This comes as Queensland recorded 16 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, all linked to a cluster at Indooroopilly High School in the state’s capital city, Brisbane.
One of the new cases was another student at Indooroopilly High School, two at Brisbane Grammar School, two at Brisbane Girl’s Grammar School, three at Iron Side State School, five household family members connected to the new cases, and one neighbour of one of the known cases.
Australian Health Official: ‘Don’t Go Anywhere Near Your Grandkids’ If Unvaccinated
3 Aug 2021
Jeannette Young, the chief health officer of Queensland, Australia, told a press conference on Tuesday that unvaccinated elderly people should avoid contact with their grandchildren after a cluster of coronavirus cases was discovered in four local schools.
“If you’re a grandparent of one of these kids, one of these households, and you haven’t been vaccinated, please don’t go anywhere near your grandkids,” Young said, alluding to the greater danger posed to older patients by the coronavirus.
The cluster was first detected at Brisbane’s Indooroopilly High School and has since spread to produce several cases at Iron Side State School, Brisbane Grammar School, and Brisbane Girl’s Grammar School.