BREAKING: NSW Health has introduced strict new rules for anyone who has travelled from New Zealand in response to Auckland’s outbreak, wth all arrivals from Auckland into NSW now required to go into hotel quarantine.
From midnight tonight all arrivals from Auckland into NSW will be required to go into hotel quarantine. This includes anyone who has been inside Auckland airport, with travellers given the option to pay up for quarantine or leave Australia to head back to New Zealand.
All New Zealand travellers who have arrived in NSW since Saturday have also been ordered to self-isolate.New Zealand travellers who have arrived in NSW since Saturday will now need to get tested. Picture: Marty MELVILLE/AFP.The move is in response to the three new cases of coronavirus reported in Auckland yesterday. NSW Health said people who had arrived in the state since February 20 must get tested immediately and quarantine until they get a negative result.“NSW Health continues to monitor the situation and will adjust these requirements as new information emerges,” a NSW Health spokesperson said.Overseas passengers are seen leaving Sydney International airport in a coach headed for hotel Quarantine. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jenny Evansordering any travellers entering the state after 6pm on Wednesday to go into hotel quarantine. Chief health officer Jeannette Young said New Zealand was no longer a “safe travel country”, so all “green flights” would need to stop. Travellers who have been in New Zealand since February 21 are also urged to get tested and isolate until they receive their results.“New Zealand is working very hard to contain this community transmission, but they are still in a critical stage of their response, so we need to keep watching closely,” Dr Young said. “Things can change really quickly with this virus – we’ve seen that in other countries around the world — which is why I am asking Queenslanders to reconsider their need to travel to New Zealand.”
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