Southeast Queensland Residents Forced Into ‘Strictest’ 3 Day Snap Lockdown

Queensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles speaks at a press conference at an ambulance station on Bribie Island north of Brisbane, Australia, on Oct. 12, 2020. Jono Searle/Getty Images

Millions of Queensland residents in 11 local government areas (LGA) have been forced into a snap three-day lockdown after six new locally acquired cases of the CCP virus were confirmed in the Australian state.

“We must go hard and go fast,” QLD Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said in a statement on Saturday. “I know this will impact on many families but there is no alternative.”