Brisbane face 'hard and fast' snap lockdown following six confirmed Covid-19 cases

Australia's third-largest city, which has a large Irish community, and several other parts of the Queensland area will be placed under stay-at-home orders from today for three days.

A "hard and fast" three-day lockdown has kicked off in Brisbane, Austrailia, as six new cases of the Delta variant of Covid-19 has been confirmed in the Queensland capital.

Australia's third-largest city, which has a large Irish community, and several other parts of the Queensland area will be placed under stay-at-home orders from today for three days, state Deputy Premier Steven Miles said.