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Subscriber only A critical 36 hours faces southeast Queensland as authorities scramble to stop the spread of the deadly UK strain of COVID-19 through the region. There are fears the woman is infectious with the highly-contagious UK strain, but say her fast thinking has likely saved more than 3 million Greater Brisbane residents from plunging into a snap lockdown. The doctor was in contact with two COVID-19-positive patients at the PA Hospital early on Wednesday after they were brought in from hotel quarantine. She worked shifts at various locations within the hospital on Thursday before developing symptoms on Thursday evening testing positive on Friday morning - ending the state s 61-day streak of no community transmission.
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