The Queensland government has secured 18 million state rapid antigen tests (RATs) to be provided for free from public testing sites to people classified as close contacts. This includes 12 million at-home tests and almost 6 million point of care tests. At-home Rapid Antigen Tests will be provided from public test sites, free to close…

The Queensland government has secured 18 million rapid antigen tests (RATs) to be provided for free at public testing sites to people classified as close contacts. This includes 12 million at-home tests and almost 6 million point of care tests. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the supply would support new national protocols for close contacts…

Another Australian state government is looking at a prolonged lockdown as Australia continues to grapple with the Delta strain of COVID-19. The Queensland government will make a decision on whether they will be extending a lockdown of more than half the state’s population beyond three days as it tries to suppress an outbreak of the…

Millions of Queenslanders will endure 6 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…

The Australian state of Queensland has recorded two new local cases of COVID-19 and moved to mandate face masks for two weeks amid concerns about the Delta strain getting out of control. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says one new case is believed to the Alpha strain and linked to the cluster involving the Portuguese Family…