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. The snap lockdown begins at 4 p.m. on Saturday and encompasses Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan City, Moreton Bay, Redlands, Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast, Noosa, Somerset, Lockyer Valley, and Scenic Rim. The lockdown is due to end at 4 p.m. next Tuesday. “This will be the strictest lockdown that we have had,” QLD Deputy Premier Steven Miles told reporters on Saturday morning. Residents in the affected lockdown areas can only leave home for essential work, study or child care, to exercise, buy food and supplies, and to receive healthcare, including being tested for COVID-19 or vaccinated against it. Even so, residents are restricted to travelling within a 10km radius of their home even for the essential purposes of buying foods …