Relief UK Virus Strain so Far Contained

Acting Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly during a press conference in the Prime Ministers Courtyard at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on July 24, 2020. Sam Mooy/Getty Images

There were sighs of relief around the country that the highly-infectious UK COVID-19 strain found in a Brisbane cleaner has so far not taken hold among the community.

Indeed, there were just three new locally acquired virus cases reported in the past 24 hours, and all linked to established clusters in NSW.