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March 30, 2021

Lockdown ordered in Brisbane after virus outbreak

BRISBANE, Australia: More than two million people in Brisbane were ordered into a three-day lockdown on Monday after a cluster of coronavirus cases was detected in Australia’s third-biggest city.It is the second snap lockdown of the greater Brisbane area this year, and comes after seven people tested positive for Covid-19 -- the first significant community outbreak in Australia in weeks."This is the UK strain. It is highly infectious. We need to do this now to avoid a longer lockdown,"...