Australian State in 48 Hour Race to Stop Border Closure

Australian State in 48 Hour Race to Stop Border Closure
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian speaks during a press conference at RFS Headquarters in Sydney, Australia on Oct. 07, 2020. Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images
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New South Wales has recorded three new locally acquired COVID-19 infections, ending its 12-day streak of no community transmission and now faces a 48-hour race to contact- trace the infections after the Queensland state government announced that borders would close unless NSW experiences 28 days free of local transmission.
The Queensland government has given its southern state neighbours until Thursday night to trace the source of the three unlinked cases of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as novel coronavirus.