More than 220 staff at Ipswich Hospital are today in quarantine after a four healthcare worker was infected with COVID-19 yesterday. Queensland Health has admitted the hospital was “under pressure” and patients would be impacted.
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Queensland has recorded two new cases of Covid 19 overnight – a college student and a nurse at Ipswich Hospital. There are now more than 200 staff from the hospital in quarantine, putting it under “pressure”.
A 73-year-old man remains in a critical condition after suffering multiple traumatic injuries when he was hit by a sedan in the Lockyer Valley on Saturday night.
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Rural debt has surged to more than $19 billion, as Queensland farmers continue to battle the effects of “very challenging circumstances” of the past two years. One farmer has described her family’s ongoing suffering and the painful decisions they’ve had to make, saying COVID was “nothing in comparison”.
A supermarket worker has detailed how she was physically assaulted by a customer during the height of Brisbane’s coronavirus lockdowns because of pasta restrictions.
Three people aged in their 20s have been rushed to hospital after a crash involving two vehicles and a pedestrian in Hillcrest this afternoon. The road is closed and motorists face significant delays.
The Bruce Highway remains closed after three trucks and a car towing a caravan collided in thick fog south of Miriam Vale. Two of the vehicles ignited in the crash, and a man remains in a critical condition with severe burns.
A backpacker has returned to the UK with an incredible yet totally unexpected souvenir of her visit to Queensland after giving birth on a motorway in the state’s southeast, delivering a baby she didn’t even know she was carrying.
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