Non-ACT residents will now be required to provide a valid exemption to travel into the state from all COVID-19 affected areas in New South Wales. People from Sydney’s northern beaches, Greater Sydney, the Central Coast, and Wollongong will not be legally permitted to enter the ACT without a valid pass. The updated health direction will…
Aussie PM Respects States’ COVID-19 Border Closures
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he understands people’s frustration with coronavirus border closures as long queues form at the New South Wales-Queensland border but respects the decisions of state and territory leaders. A flurry of new border restrictions in recent days has brought long queues of travellers heading from NSW to Victoria following outbreaks…
Victoria Can Handle New Clusters: Premier
Victoria’s hard border with New South Wales (NSW) will start from 11.59 p.m. on Friday after eight locally acquired cases were recorded in less than 24 hours. Premier Daniel Andrews said Victoria is equipped to handle new coronavirus clusters. These cases, which first emerged on Wednesday night, ended a 60-day streak without infections for Victoria. All…
Victoria Closes Border to NSW as COVID-19 Cases Rise to 8
Victoria has confirmed another two locally-acquired COVID-19 cases, taking its total to eight. The increase has prompted a hard border with New South Wales from 11.59 p.m. on Jan. 1, acting premier Jacinta Allan said on Thursday afternoon. Anyone who arrives back in Victoria from anywhere in NSW after that time will have to go…
Victoria Closes Border to NSW as Local COVID-19 Cases Rise to 8
Victoria has confirmed another two locally-acquired COVID-19 cases, taking its total to eight. The increase has prompted a hard border with New South Wales from 11.59 p.m. on Jan. 1, acting premier Jacinta Allan said on Thursday afternoon. Anyone who arrives back in Victoria from anywhere in NSW after that time will have to go…
South Australia Closes Border to NSW From New Year’s Day
South Australia will impose a hard border closure with NSW in response to the spread of COVID-19 cases in Sydney. Premier Steven Marshall says the closure will apply from Friday with only returning SA residents, people permanently relocating to SA and essential travellers exempt from the new rules. Returning residents or people relocating will still…
State Cancels Fireworks Plan for Front Line Workers Over Health Risks
Plans to host front line COVID-19 workers on the foreshore for Sydney’s 7-minute New Year’s Eve fireworks have been cancelled over safety fears. The government had allocated a “green zone” around the harbour foreshore including the Opera House just for the nurses, doctors, and others invited to attend from across the state. “Unfortunately, we’re going…
State Cancels Fireworks Plan for Front Line Workers Over ‘Health Risk’
Plans to host front line COVID-19 workers on the foreshore for Sydney’s 7-minute New Year’s Eve fireworks have been cancelled over safety fears. The government had allocated a “green zone” around the harbour foreshore including the Opera House just for the nurses, doctors, and others invited to attend from across the state. “Unfortunately, we’re going…
Victoria Nears 2 Month Virus Milestone For No Community Transmission
The Australian state of Victoria on Dec. 27 recorded one new case of COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP virus. Meanwhile, on Dec. 28, AAP reported two additional cases; the infection of a woman in her 20s and a child aged 10. The new cases were reportedly amongst returning travellers and was detected in…
Queensland to Order Arrivals From Sydney Region into Quarantine
Queensland will close its border to greater Sydney region amid an outbreak of coronavirus that has reached 70 cases in the New South Wales capital. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says all arrivals from Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast and Illawarra-Shoalhaven will have to go into 14-day quarantine on arrival in Queensland from 1 a.m….
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