Ultra-contagious Lambda Covid strain detected in Australia
Traveller in NSW hotel quarantine in April was infected with the worrying new strain.
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Half the Australian population remains in lockdown amid multiple coronavirus outbreaks.
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SA has recorded first local case in more than 200 days.
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