Queensland's fourth year of living with COVID-19 begins today – marking the anniversary of the first time the state's then Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young warned the public of a novel coronavirus emerging out of China.
On January 21, 2020, Dr Young told Queenslanders about a mystery new virus with reports of 200 patients being admitted to hospital in China, about nine of them identified as serious, and confirmation of human-to-human spread.
"We need to be alert," Dr Young said at the time.
