Category: quarantine

Northern Territory Declares Seven More Sydney Suburbs as COVID-19 Hotspots

The Northern Territory has declared seven more Sydney postcodes to be coronavirus hotspots in the wake of emerging cases across the harbour city. The ruling applies from Thursday and involves the suburbs of Croydon, Croydon Park, Lilli Pilli, Strathfield, Strathfield North, Strathfield South and Sutherland. Anyone from them or Sydney’s northern beaches arriving in the…


China’s Shenyang City in ‘Wartime’ Mode After Local COVID-19 Outbreak

Several waves of new COVID-19 outbreaks have recently occurred in different regions throughout China. Following Dalian city in Liaoning Province, the provincial capital Shenyang announced on Dec. 23 that the city has entered “wartime” status in order to make preparations for curbing the transmission of the CCP virus. According to a report by Taiwan’s government-run…


Andrews Refuses to Resign Over ‘Lack of Due-diligence’ in Hotel Quarantine System

In response to the Hotel Quarantine report, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said he would not resign after asserting a “lack of due-diligence” was behind the failures in the government’s quarantining system. “Our commitment and my commitment as the leader of the government is to learn those lessons. And make sure that an error like this,…


ACT Joins Australian States in Restricting Sydneysiders Amid NSW Cluster

The Australian Capital Territory has joined every state in Australia and the Northern Territory in slapping travel restrictions on greater Sydney, as an outbreak in the city continues to grow days out from Christmas. From midnight on Sunday, the ACT will require anyone coming from greater Sydney, the Central Coast, Illawarra-Shoalhaven and Nepean Blue Mountains…


South Australian Government Closes Border to Greater Sydney

The South Australian government will close its border to greater Sydney after a coronavirus cluster in the New South Wales capital jumped to 70 cases. Premier Steven Marshall says the border will close to Sydney from midnight on Sunday and checkpoints will be set up to test people for COVID-19 at the NSW road border…