More COVID-19 variant cases emerge in Australia

Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young.

Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young. Source: AAP

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Australian states are increasingly recording cases of more infectious variants of COVID-19.

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