Locked-down Brisbane records no new Covid cases as NSW enters 'mopping up' phase

Hopes high that three-day snap lockdown in Queensland can be lifted on Monday night

Queensland recorded no new cases of Covid-19 on day two of Brisbane's snap three-day lockdown, and a new case linked to the New South Wales northern beaches cluster has not stopped tough stay-at-home restrictions being lifted.

Fears about the spread of a highly transmissible United Kingdom variant of the virus in Queensland have, so far, not translated into any new locally acquired cases.