Brisbane sent into snap virus lockdown - Collie Mail

Greater Brisbane has been ordered into a snap three-day lockdown after four more coronavirus cases emerged in the community. All new cases are likely close contacts of the three existing or historical cases, but the infected people have been out in the community, raising the risk more transmission may have occurred. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says Brisbane, Logan, Moreton Bay, Ipswich and Redlands will go into a three-day lockdown from 5pm on Monday. "I didn't sleep last night so I think I am very worried, I'm very concerned," she said. "But we've done it before, we've got through this together, and I'm sure that if everyone does the right thing we will be able to get through it." Ms Palaszczuk said the lockdown will be reviewed on Thursday, ahead of the Easter holiday break this weekend. People will only be allowed to leave home to do essential work, shop, care for people or exercise. Greater Brisbane schools and all non-essential businesses must close from Monday afternoon. "This will also enable our health authorities to get on top of the contact tracing," the premier said. "This is a huge job now that we have to do because we've got more of this community transmission. "I know this will mean some disruption to people's lives but we've done this before, and we've got through it over those three days in the past, and if everyone does the right thing I'm sure that we will be able to get through it again." Anyone who has been in Brisbane since March 20 will also come under the lockdown restrictions. One of the cases had travelled to Gladstone from March 25 to March 28 and two cases also visited Byron Bay in NSW while they were infectious. Queensland Health will provide details of the dates the cases travelled to Byron Bay and the exposure sites in Brisbane shortly. The premier said face masks will be mandatory for everyone in Queensland and all venues outside Greater Brisbane will only be allowed to host seated patrons. Ms Palaszczuk has declared the Greater Brisbane region a hotspot and asked all other states and territories to do the same. Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young says three of the new cases are likely linked to two men in northern Brisbane who tested positive last week and a doctor who tested positive at the Princess Alexandra Hospital on March 12. Two cases are colleagues of a Strathpine man who tested positive on Friday night, while the other cases are a nurse who worked in the PA Hospital's COVID-19 ward and her sister. Dr Young said it's unclear where the transmission occurred and genomic testing on both latter cases is underway. "We now have significant community transmission and significant numbers of venues of concern all through Brisbane, and we know that people have moved from Brisbane out into the broader community," she said. "Which is why I have advised that we need to ask people who live in Greater Brisbane .... to stay home for the next three days, until we can work out how much community transmission there has been, and we can contact all of the contacts who have been in these many venues, that's critical." Dr Young said 11,626 tests had been conducted on 6130 people on the 24 hours to 9am on Monday. She said it was pleasing to know that most of those tests had been taken in Greater Brisbane. Ms Palaszczuk said the federal government had agreed to halve Queensland's intake of overseas travellers into hotel quarantine from the current 1300. Australian Associated Press

Greater Brisbane has been ordered into a snap three-day lockdown after four more coronavirus cases emerged in the community.

All new cases are likely close contacts of the three existing or historical cases, but the infected people have been out in the community, raising the risk more transmission may have occurred.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says Brisbane, Logan, Moreton Bay, Ipswich and Redlands will go into a three-day lockdown from 5pm on Monday.

"I didn't sleep last night so I think I am very worried, I'm very concerned," she said.

"But we've done it before, we've got through this together, and I'm sure that if everyone does the right thing we will be able to get through it."

Ms Palaszczuk said the lockdown will be reviewed on Thursday, ahead of the Easter holiday break this weekend.

People will only be allowed to leave home to do essential work, shop, care for people or exercise.

Greater Brisbane schools and all non-essential businesses must close from Monday afternoon.

"This will also enable our health authorities to get on top of the contact tracing," the premier said.

"This is a huge job now that we have to do because we've got more of this community transmission.

"I know this will mean some disruption to people's lives but we've done this before, and we've got through it over those three days in the past, and if everyone does the right thing I'm sure that we will be able to get through it again."

Anyone who has been in Brisbane since March 20 will also come under the lockdown restrictions.

One of the cases had travelled to Gladstone from March 25 to March 28 and two cases also visited Byron Bay in NSW while they were infectious.

Queensland Health will provide details of the dates the cases travelled to Byron Bay and the exposure sites in Brisbane shortly.

The premier said face masks will be mandatory for everyone in Queensland and all venues outside Greater Brisbane will only be allowed to host seated patrons.

Ms Palaszczuk has declared the Greater Brisbane region a hotspot and asked all other states and territories to do the same.

Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young says three of the new cases are likely linked to two men in northern Brisbane who tested positive last week and a doctor who tested positive at the Princess Alexandra Hospital on March 12.

Two cases are colleagues of a Strathpine man who tested positive on Friday night, while the other cases are a nurse who worked in the PA Hospital's COVID-19 ward and her sister.

Dr Young said it's unclear where the transmission occurred and genomic testing on both latter cases is underway.

"We now have significant community transmission and significant numbers of venues of concern all through Brisbane, and we know that people have moved from Brisbane out into the broader community," she said.

"Which is why I have advised that we need to ask people who live in Greater Brisbane .... to stay home for the next three days, until we can work out how much community transmission there has been, and we can contact all of the contacts who have been in these many venues, that's critical."

Dr Young said 11,626 tests had been conducted on 6130 people on the 24 hours to 9am on Monday.

She said it was pleasing to know that most of those tests had been taken in Greater Brisbane.

Ms Palaszczuk said the federal government had agreed to halve Queensland's intake of overseas travellers into hotel quarantine from the current 1300.

Australian Associated Press

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