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ACT Chief Health Officer Kerryn Coleman said Canberrans should be prepared for the current restrictions on travellers from Sydney, the Central Coast and Wollongong to still be in place on Christmas Day, but a final decision will be made in coming days. Dr Coleman also said ACT residents should re-consider their need to travel in NSW in coming days and be prepared for the requirements to change as more information comes to hand. On Monday, NSW Health confirmed another 15 cases connected to the Avalon outbreak, and Dr Coleman said ACT residents who had been in Sydney need to pay attention to the constantly updated list of exposure sites. ACT Policing is considering implementing a police presence along the Federal Highway to check cars coming back from Sydney are obeying the quarantine directions, but it looks unlikely to be in place on Monday. Full road blocks were unlikely, ACT Policing said. Dr Coleman apologised for the confusion created by mistakenly including the Illawarra-Shoalhaven area as a hotspot on Sunday afternoon, saying her staff had been working in good faith following information provided by NSW Health. READ MORE: More to come.
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ACT Chief Health Officer Kerryn Coleman said Canberrans should be prepared for the current restrictions on travellers from Sydney, the Central Coast and Wollongong to still be in place on Christmas Day, but a final decision will be made in coming days.
Dr Coleman also said ACT residents should re-consider their need to travel in NSW in coming days and be prepared for the requirements to change as more information comes to hand.
On Monday, NSW Health confirmed another 15 cases connected to the Avalon outbreak, and Dr Coleman said ACT residents who had been in Sydney need to pay attention to the constantly updated list of exposure sites.
ACT Policing is considering implementing a police presence along the Federal Highway to check cars coming back from Sydney are obeying the quarantine directions, but it looks unlikely to be in place on Monday.
Full road blocks were unlikely, ACT Policing said.
Dr Coleman apologised for the confusion created by mistakenly including the Illawarra-Shoalhaven area as a hotspot on Sunday afternoon, saying her staff had been working in good faith following information provided by NSW Health.
