Queensland Responds Quickly as Delta Variants Spreads in the Sunshine State

Businesses in the Brisbane CBD are seen shutdown early after Queensland Premier Annastacia Palazczuk announced a three-day lockdown for the Greater Brisbane area in Brisbane, Australia on March 29, 2021. Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images

Millions of Queenslanders will endure six more days of lockdown as the state fights to contain the most serious COVID-19 threat it has faced in a year.

The state recorded 13 new locally acquired cases of the highly infectious Delta strain on Monday, all linked to a cluster involving high-risk exposure sites including six schools and public transport routes.