Australia's 3rd Biggest State Warns of Possible COVID-19 Lockdown

Australia's third-biggest state, Queensland, warned the population of a possible lockdown due to the rising COVID-19 infections, Reuters reported on Saturday.

The state announced the detecting of five new Coronavirus infections on one day, and all infections were found among the members of one family, that's why the authorities warned the possibility of imposing lockdown.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said: "If we start seeing any seeding, then we may have to take very quick, fast action. But at the moment, it’s contained to the family."

It is worthy to mention that some of Australia's states are under strict Coronavirus restrictions such as Victoria.

Australia’s Victoria state announced early this month extending the lockdown for new three weeks due to the uncontrollable rise in COVID-19 daily infections.

Moreover, the state aims to lead a rapid vaccination rollout to control the emergence of the virus in Victoria, and to push infections back to near zero.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews told Reuters that those restrictions would be eased once 70% of the state’s adults receive at least the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. He also expressed his wishing to reach this target on September 23.

Andrews told reporters: “We have thrown everything at this, but it is now clear to us that we are not going to drive these numbers down, they are instead going to increase.”

The victorian premier statements came after the previously imposed one-month lockdown in the state failed to decrease the number of daily Coronavirus infections. The lockdown was supposed to be lifted on Tuesday before it was extended for three weeks.

Australia reported on Saturday new 2,077 infections, reaching the total number of infections to 73,000 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, and 1084 deaths.