Covid-19: Australia’s third-largest city Brisbane goes into snap lockdown • FRANCE 24 English

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Australia’s third-largest city of Brisbane and other parts of Queensland state will enter a snap Covid-19 lockdown from Saturday as authorities race to contain an emerging outbreak of the Delta strain.

 

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