COVID-19 update: Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk speaks ahead of National Cabinet
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced millions of Queenslanders will come out of lockdown but two major local government areas will have to endure at least another 24 hours at home.
David WuDigital Reporter
July 2, 2021 - 9:10AM
From 6pm Friday night, the local government areas of Noosa, Sunshine Coast, Ipswich, Logan, Redlands, Gold Coast, Scenic Rim, Lockyer Valley, Somerset and Townsville will come out of lockdown.
However, Brisbane City and Moreton Bay will remain in lockdown for at least another 24 hours as they work through contacting tracing any potential close contacts.
Of the three new cases, the two causing most concern are a mother and daughter from Carindale, in Brisbane’s south.
The Queensland chief health officer, Jeanette Young, said positive tests had only emerged at 1.35am on Friday morning, and that more details about the cases would be forthcoming as contract tracers better established their movements.
There are two main concerns that prompted Queensland to extend the lockdown in parts of greater Brisbane. The first is that there is not yet an obvious source of the mother and daughter’s infections.
The second is that they had moved extensively across Brisbane, including visiting a market at West End, a Greek Orthodox community centre and several retailers in the CBD.
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In Australia, lockdown will end at 6pm local time today for parts of Queensland, but has been extended for Brisbane and Moreton Bay, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says.
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The decision comes after another three cases of community transmission were recorded in the state.
The three-day lockdown will end this evening for the Noosa, Sunshine Coast, Ipswich, Logan, Redlands, Gold Coast, Lockyer Valley, Scenic Rim, Somerset and Townsville.
Lockdown will continue until at least tomorrow for the Brisbane City Council and the Moreton Bay regions.