Young Queenslanders have been thrown into a state of confusion with mixed messages from leaders as to whether they should have the AstraZeneca vaccine or not, but the message is clear from the state’s chief health officer.
Queensland has been plunged into a three-day lockdown after four new cases, including a young woman who worked in a Covid-19 area of a major Brisbane hospital but was not vaccinated and who has the Delta strain.
Fresh from officially becoming part of Queensland, Norfolk Island could soon become the state’s newest council, with high-level talks already in motion.
Dozens of police officers – including some working at State of Origin – have been ordered to isolate after being identified as close contacts to a Covid case.
Queensland has been plunged into its highest level of alert since the Covid pandemic started, with a Virgin flight attendant testing positive, Sydney in lockdown and a NT mine worker infected in Brisbane hotel quarantine.
New after-school homework centres will provide supervised learning for students at certain Queensland state schools. See our list of locations.
Labor has been accused of ‘misleading Queenslanders’ after it was revealed seven new hospitals won’t have vital overnight beds.
Anyone in Queensland who has been in Greater Sydney, Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Wollongong areas since June 21 must immediately isolate amid fears of a mass infection from the NSW Delta variant.
As the hunt for the driver of the vehicle that killed Senior Constable David Masters continues, words of support have flooded in for his family, including from the wife of slain officer Brett Forte.
Queensland’s Chief Health Officer is braced for new Covid-19 cases to pop up across the state as the Sydney outbreak worsens.
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