National Cabinet to fast-track pharmacy rollout, lockdown relief
Thousands of pharmacies could be activated early to speed up the Covid-19 jab rollout and emergency payments for lockdowns made easier to access when National Cabinet meets on Friday.
The latest news on Brisbane's COVID-19 lockdown
Thousands of pharmacies could be activated early to speed up the Covid-19 jab rollout and emergency payments for lockdowns made easier to access when National Cabinet meets on Friday.
Australia is watching NSW’s handling of its Covid-19 outbreak and Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is monitoring whether to close the border.
Shopping centres, a major golf course and a Kangaroo Point restaurant have been added to Queensland Health’s contract tracing list. SEE THE FULL LIST
The predicted Covid-19 baby boom has not happened, with new data showing a decline in population growth. SEE THE FIGURES
National Cabinet has agreed lockdowns should only be used as a last resort and the states will trial home quarantine in a four-step plan out of Covid. It comes as international arrivals are halved.
The hospitality industry has slammed southeast Queensland’s snap lockdown, saying businesses will unnecessarily suffer despite a low number of virus cases.
A Queensland virologist has forecast a future with coronavirus but without lockdowns – and it all hinges on vaccinations.
Health authorities have confirmed that a Sunshine Coast man this afternoon tested positive to Covid-19, just hours before lockdown eases in the region.
Our eight Premiers are acting as kings and queens of their fiefdoms they fail to acknowledge they all actually live in one nation. And that has to change, Vikki Campion writes.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced that lockdown will end at 6pm for all Queensland local government areas except Brisbane and Moreton Bay as the state records five new cases – three locally acquired.
Contact tracers worked through the night with Queensland’s latest Covid-19 virus cases, a Brisbane woman and her daughter who had been “out and about extensively”.
Concerns remain over international arrivals following a case in a Qatar Airways worker, with Brisbane to remain in lockdown for another 24 hours as restrictions are eased on the rest of the state.
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