© Reuters/SANDRA SANDERS the first day of a COVID-19 lockdown in Melbourne via Colin Packham
CANBERRA (Reuters) -Queensland, Australia's third most populous state, spoke of on Sunday it doesn't need to order a lockdown after it detected zero COVID-19 infections during the past 24 hours.
The state on Saturday reported 5 cases of COVID-19, with state Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk warning that a lockdown can be mandatory to stop the unfold of the virus.
besides the fact that children, the state referred to checking out had yet to become aware of any extra cases, keeping off the want this type of measure.
"We're now not out of the woods yet, but here's the choicest effect we may have hoped for at this aspect in the outbreak," Queensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles advised reporters in Brisbane.
The result is a boost for Australia's A$2 trillion ($1.5 trillion) economic climate, which is liable to slipping into its second recession in as decades on account of lockdowns of the country's two most populous states, Victoria and New South Wales.
Victoria on Sunday recorded 392 COVID-19 infections during the past 24 hours, down a little from the 450 situations recorded within the state a day past.
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(Reporting by way of Colin Packham; editing by means of Daniel Wallis and Paul Simao)
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