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Queenslanders kept the virus out and got vaccines in—less than 0.7% adults were COVID-19 positive in 2020–21 and 31% in 2022. Hospitals managed and deaths were low (0.2%).
The Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) outbreak in February 2022 was the first in Queensland to apply the learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Last updated: March 2025
