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Businesses fear 'job-destroying' snap lockdowns will become more frequent as Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk refuses to rule out sending Queenslanders into isolation to keep the mutant COVID-19 strain out of the community.
Thousands of businesses are breathing easier on Tuesday after the state government lifted its snap three-day lockdown on Monday evening.
However, the shock of Friday morning's announcement following just one community case of the new UK strain has business groups fearing the tough restrictions will be implemented again - damaging the state's economic recovery.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk on Monday refused to reveal whether Queensland would go back into lockdown if one new COVID-19 case was discovered in the community.