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States close borders to Queensland

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  • Greater Brisbane will go into a snap three day lockdown at 5pm today
  • Queensland’s COVID-19 outbreak grows to 10 community transmitted cases
  • The Prime Minister is expected to reshuffle his cabinet today.
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  • Brisbane has gone into a snap three-day lockdown after an outbreak led to 10 cases of COVID-19.
  • Schools will be closed until April 19.
  • Masks are now mandatory indoors across Queensland unless eating, drinking or a medical exemption applies. People are strongly urged to wear one outdoors as well.
  • WA and SA have closed their borders to travellers from Queensland while the Northern Territory has imposed a mandatory 14-day supervised quarantine and Victoria has imposed a permit system including a 14-day home quarantine. NSW has urged travellers not to visit Queensland,
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