{"id":296351,"date":"2021-03-29T09:56:24","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T23:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=296351"},"modified":"2021-03-30T18:54:54","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T08:54:54","slug":"296351","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/03\/29\/296351\/","title":{"rendered":"Brisbane Back In Lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_292028\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-292028\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/coronavirusbrisbane.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-292028 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/coronavirusbrisbane.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/coronavirusbrisbane.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/coronavirusbrisbane-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/coronavirusbrisbane-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/coronavirusbrisbane-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/coronavirusbrisbane-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/coronavirusbrisbane-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-292028\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Greater Brisbane area will go into lockdown from 5:00pm on Monday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>March 29, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Greater Brisbane area will go into lockdown for three days from 5:00pm on Monday after the confirmation of four news cases of community transmission.<\/p>\n<p>The lockdown will also affect anyone who has been in Brisbane since March 20.<\/p>\n<p><strong>At a media conference on Monday morning, it was announced that:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two new cases were linked to the Strathpine case identified on Saturday. One of these people was in Gladstone for three days, possibly while infectious.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A Princess Alexandra Hospital nurse and her daughter had also tested positive. The pair were recently in Byron Bay and NSW Health authorities have been notified.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Greater Brisbane area is defined as the\u00a0Ipswich, Logan, Redlands, Moreton Bay and Brisbane council areas.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The lockdown means people in the Greater Brisbane region will only be able to leave home for essential work, grocery shopping, exercise, to look after a vulnerable person or medical care.<\/p>\n<p>Masks will also be mandatory in the Greater Brisbane area and people elsewhere in Queensland must carry masks with them at all times.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(See separate report: <a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/03\/29\/masks-for-all-queensland\/\">Masks For ALL Queensland)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Schools in the Greater Brisbane area will close from Tuesday (March 30)\u00a0 &#8211; except for\u00a0children of essential workers and\u00a0for vulnerable\u00a0children &#8211; and not reopen until Term 2 (April 19).<\/p>\n<p>Camping grounds in National Parks in the area will also be closed (but\u00a0will remain open for people who live nearby for exercise).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk urged people not to panic buy, saying supermarkets would remain open.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She declared the Greater\u00a0Brisbane area a hotspot and suggested all\u00a0other State and Territory leaders do the same.<\/p>\n<p>The Premier said the latest cases were the UK strain, which was highly infectious.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need to do this now to avoid a longer lockdown,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>She said it would enable health authorities to get on top of the &#8220;huge job&#8221; of contact tracing.<\/p>\n<p>Gatherings at homes outside the Greater Brisbane area will be limited to 30 people.<\/p>\n<p>Outside the Greater Brisbane area, restaurants, cafes, bars and nightclubs can only open for seated eating and drinking, no standing allowed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NB: Visitor restrictions for\u00a0aged care facilities,\u00a0disability accommodation services,\u00a0hospitals\u00a0and correctional facilities were introduced at noon on Friday (March 26).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related articles:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/03\/29\/whats-on-whats-not\/\">What&#8217;s On, What&#8217;s Not<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/03\/29\/updated-contact-venues-list\/\">Updated Contact Venues List<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/03\/29\/masks-for-all-queensland\/\">Masks For ALL Queensland<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/03\/27\/more-venues-added-to-list\/\"><strong>More Venues Added To List<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/03\/27\/second-case-tests-positive\/\"><strong>Second Case Tests Positive<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/03\/26\/brisbane-man-tests-positive\/\">Brisbane Man Tests Positive<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>[UPDATED]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Greater Brisbane area will go into lockdown for three days from 5:00pm on Monday after the confirmation of four news cases of community transmission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":292028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1455,16,3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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