Queensland Responds Quickly as Delta Variants Spreads in the Sunshine State

Queensland Responds Quickly as Delta Variants Spreads in the Sunshine State
Businesses in the Brisbane CBD are seen shutdown early after Queensland Premier Annastacia Palazczuk announced a three-day lockdown for the Greater Brisbane area in Brisbane, Australia on March 29, 2021. Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
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Millions of Queenslanders will endure six more days of lockdown as the state fights to contain the most serious COVID-19 threat it has faced in a year.

The state recorded 13 new locally acquired cases of the highly infectious Delta strain on Monday, all linked to a cluster involving high-risk exposure sites including six schools and public transport routes.