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ACT Health has corrected a quarantine restriction mistake, clearing the way for Canberrans to travel to and from the south coast for Christmas. Health officials initially included the lllawarra-Shoalhaven region in their list of areas to avoid when announcing changes to coronavirus travel advice on Sunday night. The new measures were put in place in an attempt to limit the spread of the northern beaches outbreak in Sydney, with Canberrans told to avoid travel to greater Sydney, the Central Coast, Wollongong, the Blue Mountains and Shoalhaven. The Wollongong local government area remains in the list of affected regions. Any ACT residents returning from those regions must alert authorities and enter into 14-days quarantine on arrival. There has been widespread confusion along the coast overnight as the ACT chief health officer Kerryn Coleman included the Illawarra-Shoalhaven region in the list, following the list of areas from NSW Health. The Shoalhaven region stretches as far south as Bawley Point and Durras North and borders on the Sutherland Shire to the north of Wollongong. Many ACT residents on the south coast were scrambling to return home before the rules came into effect at midnight, with some reporting long lines of cars entering Canberra late on Sunday night. But ACT Health has since clarified Shoalhaven outside of the Wollongong LGA will not be subject to quarantine for returning Canberra residents or visitors. READ MORE:
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ACT Health has corrected a quarantine restriction mistake, clearing the way for Canberrans to travel to and from the south coast for Christmas.
Health officials initially included the lllawarra-Shoalhaven region in their list of areas to avoid when announcing changes to coronavirus travel advice on Sunday night.
The new measures were put in place in an attempt to limit the spread of the northern beaches outbreak in Sydney, with Canberrans told to avoid travel to greater Sydney, the Central Coast, Wollongong, the Blue Mountains and Shoalhaven.
The Wollongong local government area remains in the list of affected regions.
Any ACT residents returning from those regions must alert authorities and enter into 14-days quarantine on arrival.
There has been widespread confusion along the coast overnight as the ACT chief health officer Kerryn Coleman included the Illawarra-Shoalhaven region in the list, following the list of areas from NSW Health.
The Shoalhaven region stretches as far south as Bawley Point and Durras North and borders on the Sutherland Shire to the north of Wollongong.
Many ACT residents on the south coast were scrambling to return home before the rules came into effect at midnight, with some reporting long lines of cars entering Canberra late on Sunday night.
But ACT Health has since clarified Shoalhaven outside of the Wollongong LGA will not be subject to quarantine for returning Canberra residents or visitors.
Seven Mile Beach just south of Gerringong in the Shoalhaven. Picture: Shutterstock
