Queensland's new COVID-19 cases have risen to eight, with all new infections linked to virus clusters in the state's southwest.
Queensland's coronavirus cases have leapt to eight, with all new infections linked to virus clusters in the state's southwest.
St Edmund's College in Ipswich has also been closed for two days after a year 11 student tested positive. It comes as the premier again went on the offensive over the state's tough coronavirus measures, attacking the LNP opposition over criticisms levelled at the state's chief health officer.Ms Palaszczuk said she had sympathy for people unable to visit loved ones in hospital during the hard border lockdown, saying she had also been unable to visit her uncle when he was diagnosed with lung cancer.
An Australian-produced vaccine could prove vital, Ms Jones said, on the back of news pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has paused its COVID-19 trial after a"potentially unexplained illness" in one of the trials. More than 200 staff at the health facility remain in isolation, with private hospitals asked to take patients requiring non-urgent elective surgeries.
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