Tasmania Declares Greater Brisbane a Covid-19 Hotspot, Quarantines Visitors From the Region

Tasmania Declares Greater Brisbane a Covid-19 Hotspot, Quarantines Visitors From the Region
Peter Gutwein, Premier of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, February 28, 2020. Steve Bell/Getty Images
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Tasmania has virtually banned travel from Greater Brisbane and anyone on the island state who’s recently visited the region must isolate for two weeks.

The Queensland government on Friday imposed a three-day city-wide lockdown after a cleaner at a quarantine hotel was diagnosed with the highly contagious UK variant of COVID-19.

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