NSW Health has confirmed it's investigating two suspected cases of COVID-19 in the border town of Albury
"We only came to this decision as a state because we absolutely had to," she said on 2GB radio.
As a result, people from Melbourne are already barred from coming to New South Wales, before the hard lockdown across the state begins at midnight on Wednesday.to decline military assistance"I don't question what decisions any of my colleagues have taken, because every state has different circumstances.
"Many people cross the border several times a day to work, go to school or university, or access critical health services. Albury Wodonga Health operates the country's only cross-border public health service with hospital, care and allied services shared either side of the Murray River. "I don't want to hear of one case where someone on one side of the border is not able to access critical health care on the other because of a health crisis."
Pacific Meats has been closed, while the Health Department’s outbreak squad will visit the JBS site to determine what action will be taken.
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