Health authorities in New South Wales (NSW) are on alert after two Queensland women infectious with the CCP virus visited several venues in Byron Bay, a tourist hotspot near the state’s northern border. This comes after Queensland imposed a snap three-day lockdown for the Greater Brisbane area on Monday after recording four locally-acquired cases of the UK strain of COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian told reporters on Tuesday that residents need to “brace ourselves” for cases to arise in her state out of Queensland. “We are expecting more cases [linked to] Queensland and hopefully most of those cases will be people in isolation or although we have to assume this is an evolving situation,” she said. NSW Health is currently undertaking contact tracing efforts for around 20,000 people who entered the state from Queensland between March 20 and March 26. New …