Queensland Covid update: premier Annastacia Palaszczuk lifts Brisbane lockdown despite five new cases

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Brisbane's lockdown ended at 6pm on Saturday despite the state recording five new Covid-19 cases, including one not linked to an existing outbreak.

Queensland's premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, told reporters on Saturday morning that the state was not out of the woods yet" and that some restrictions, including mask mandates, would remain in place, but that the snap lockdown announced last week would end.