Queensland records 10 new local Covid cases as the state waits to learn whether ...

Queensland records 10 new local Covid cases as the state waits to learn whether ...
Queensland records 10 new local Covid cases as the state waits to learn whether ...

Queensland's current Covid-19 outbreak added 10 cases at Friday's Covid update.   

Deputy Premier Steven Miles said the new cases were all linked to the original Indooroopilly cluster. 

The new cases bring the number of cases in the current outbreak to 89. 

Five cases are household contacts of Ironside State School cases. 

Three are household contacts of Indooroopilly State High School and two are household contacts of Brisbane Boys' Grammar School cases. 

Eight of the cases were not infectious in the community.

Two further cases were infectious in the community for one day but during the lockdown period.    

'We need to continue to see low case numbers all linked, declining infectious days in the community and a high rate of testing and if we can keep that up, then we will be able to begin to ease these restrictions,' Deputy Premier Steven Miles said. 

Chief health officer Dr Jeannette Young said: 'Hopefully, and I genuinely am hopeful that we will be able to lift [lockdown] this on Sunday.' 

The new cases came as some Brisbane residents joined long queues for the opening of an acclaimed pastry retailer in South Brisbane.  

The pastry fans were pictured outside the Lune Croissanterie store in South Brisbane as staff opened its doors for the first time on Thursday morning.

At one point the queue stretched for more than 350m down Manning Street and around the block.

Brisbane residents queueing outside Lune Croissanterie store in South Brisbane on Friday morning. The popular bakery from Melbourne opened the doors of its first Brisbane outlet on Thursday morning

Brisbane residents queueing outside Lune Croissanterie store in South Brisbane on Friday morning. The popular bakery from Melbourne opened the doors of its first Brisbane outlet on Thursday morning

Locked-down Brisbane residents wait in a long queue outside Lune Croissanterie store in South Brisbane. Police patrolled the street to ensure customers were wearing masks and social distancing at its Thursday opening

Locked-down Brisbane residents wait in a long queue outside Lune Croissanterie store in South Brisbane. Police patrolled the street to ensure customers were wearing masks and social distancing at its Thursday opening

People in Brisbane leaves with their Lune Croissanterie goodies. The current lockdown in south-east Queensland is due to end this Sunday at 4pm

People in Brisbane leaves with their Lune Croissanterie goodies. The current lockdown in south-east Queensland is due to end this Sunday at 4pm

Lune's co-founder Kate Reid said staff were told to give customers outside the Brisbane branch clear instructions about social distancing requirements.

'We’ve got staff stationed down the line setting the expectation of how customers will need to interact with the line in order to get served,' she said. 

Health Minister Yvette D'Ath said Queensland conducted the second highest number of vaccines in the country yesterday. 

The Covid outbreak in Queensland, its worst since the onset of the pandemic last year, began with the case of a 17-year-old schoolgirl at Indooroopilly State High School, with

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