The Queensland government has reported eight new locally-acquired CCP virus cases in the state overnight and a further two cases acquired overseas that were detected in hotel quarantine. This comes as two distinct clusters of the UK variant of COVID-19 emerge in the state. Premier Annastacia Palszczuk said six of the cases were close contacts of confirmed cases while two others are under investigation but health authorities believed them to be linked to known cases. The two overseas-acquired cases arrived in Australia from Papua New Guinea, where there is a severe outbreak occurring. This comes after a snap lockdown was implemented in the Greater Brisbane area on March 29 which the premier said was to help slow the spread while contact tracing efforts are underway. The new cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, bring the state’s total number of active cases to 78. This …
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