NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard on Friday signed a directive that all Victorian arrivals since January 29 follow the five-day lockdown while in NSW. The stay-at-home rules mean all Victorian arrivals can only leave their residence for essential work, shopping for essential items, exercise, to receive medical care and caregiving.
While the NSW border remains open, the NSW government is strongly advising against non-essential travel to Victoria. The government has also asked people subject to the lockdown in Victoria not to travel to NSW unless they are permitted to.People arriving in NSW from Melbourne by road will also now have to fill out a border declaration form, which previously only applied to air and train arrivals. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said her thoughts were with Victorians finding themselves in yet another lockdown.“We wish the people of Victoria well during this difficult time,” Ms Berejiklian said. “NSW acted immediately to screen returning travellers from Victoria as soon as the information was provided to us.“The border between NSW and Victoria will remain open. SW Health continues to monitor the situation closely.”
Different requirements are in place for NSW residents in border communities, in recognition of their daily interaction with residents of Victoria. In communities along the Victorian border, the five-day stay-at-home requirement will only apply to people who have visited Greater Melbourne after 11.59pm on February 12. It will not apply to NSW border residents who travel into regional Victoria.The border community is defined by the map which was used for the large border “bubble” arrangements at the end of the NSW-Victorian border closure last year.Earlier today NSW Health issued a public health alert asking everyone who visited Melbourne Airport’s Jetstar Terminal 4 between 4.45am and 2pm on February 9 to isolate for two weeks and get tested immediately.Any household contacts should also isolate immediately and remain in isolation until the person who visited the terminal returns a negative result. Anyone who visited Melbourne Terminal 7 and 8 must also get tested and isolate until they receive a negative result. NSW Health has begun the enormous task of contacting more that 7,000 people who visited these exposure sites before entering NSW.“If you have been to any of these locations at the times listed you are at risk of COVID‑19 so please follow the health advice provided,” a NSW Health spokeswoman said.
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