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Right at the last moment, Christmas travel plans have been thrown into disarray. The outbreak of COVID-19 on the Northern Beaches of Sydney means that barriers have gone back up. The ACT, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia, the Northern Territory, South Australia and Tasmania have all imposed new rules for people entering New South Wales. Every state and territory is urging people not to visit the Northern Beaches, the area north of Sydney from Palm Beach to Manly. The ACT hasn’t imposed a full restriction on travel from New South Wales as a whole – the proximity of Queanbeyan poses a particular difficulty and the new outbreak is confined to the area north of Sydney. The ACT government’s advice because of “a significant increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the Northern Beaches” is: “Given this increase and the evidence of community transmission, we are strengthening our health and travel advice to all Canberrans. “All Canberrans are advised not to travel to the Northern Beaches area of Sydney at this time. “Any Canberrans who have been in the Northern Beaches area from Friday 11 December 2020 need to immediately self quarantine and get tested.” Western Australia has put a restriction on arrivals from the whole of NSW. New South Wales arrivals in Western Australia will have to self quarantine for 14 days and be tested for the virus on the eleventh day of quarantine. Queensland: Anyone who has been in Northern Beaches since last Friday should get tested and stay home in quarantine for a fortnight from the date they left the “hot spot”. Anyone who arrives from the Northern Beaches from midnight must quarantine in a hotel at their own expense. They will have to be tested. Victoria: Anyone who has been in the Northern Beaches since last Friday should stay isolated at home and get tested. New arrivals must get tested and quarantine at home or a hotel for 14 days from the date they left the area of infections. The Northern Territory has declared the Northern Beaches a “hotspot” which means that anyone from coming from there will need to quarantine for 14 days. Tasmania has also declared the northern beaches area a “hotspot” which means that: South Australia says that anyone who has visited a string of locations at specific times must quarantine at home or in a hotel for 14 days from the last time they were at the site of the infections. They must also get a COVID-19 test immediately and again on day 12 of the self-quarantine. Even if the result of the test is negative, they will need to quarantine.
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Right at the last moment, Christmas travel plans have been thrown into disarray.
The outbreak of COVID-19 on the Northern Beaches of Sydney means that barriers have gone back up.
The ACT, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia, the Northern Territory, South Australia and Tasmania have all imposed new rules for people entering New South Wales.
Every state and territory is urging people not to visit the Northern Beaches, the area north of Sydney from Palm Beach to Manly.
TheACT hasn’t imposed a full restriction on travel from New South Wales as a whole – the proximity of Queanbeyan poses a particular difficulty and the new outbreak is confined to the area north of Sydney.
The ACT government’s advice because of “a significant increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the Northern Beaches” is:
“Given this increase and the evidence of community transmission, we are strengthening our health and travel advice to all Canberrans.
“All Canberrans are advised not to travel to the Northern Beaches area of Sydney at this time.
“Any Canberrans who have been in the Northern Beaches area from Friday 11 December 2020 need to immediately self quarantine and get tested.”
Western Australia has put a restriction on arrivals from the whole of NSW. New South Wales arrivals in Western Australia will have to self quarantine for 14 days and be tested for the virus on the eleventh day of quarantine.
Queensland: Anyone who has been in Northern Beaches since last Friday should get tested and stay home in quarantine for a fortnight from the date they left the “hot spot”.
Anyone who arrives from the Northern Beaches from midnight must quarantine in a hotel at their own expense. They will have to be tested.
Victoria: Anyone who has been in the Northern Beaches since last Friday should stay isolated at home and get tested.
New arrivals must get tested and quarantine at home or a hotel for 14 days from the date they left the area of infections.
The Northern Territory has declared the Northern Beaches a “hotspot” which means that anyone from coming from there will need to quarantine for 14 days.
Tasmania has also declared the northern beaches area a “hotspot” which means that:
- Anyone who has been in the Northern Beaches area on or since Friday, December 11, is not permitted to enter Tasmania.
- Anyone already in Tasmania who has been in the northern beaches area has been asked to self-isolate immediately and have a COVID-19 test.
South Australia says that anyone who has visited a string of locations at specific times must quarantine at home or in a hotel for 14 days from the last time they were at the site of the infections.
They must also get a COVID-19 test immediately and again on day 12 of the self-quarantine. Even if the result of the test is negative, they will need to quarantine.
