New ‘hotspot’ rules to govern how state borders can reopen before Christmas will declare metropolitan areas no-go areas if they record 30 new COVID-19 cases or more in three days.
down to fewer than 10 a dayBut in regional towns the bar will be even lower in the event of an outbreak, with just nine cases over three days triggering a ‘hotspot’ rating.
The Prime Minister confirmed today the national cabinet would no longer work on the consensus model of all states needing to agree on the approach suggesting this was “unrealistic”. In a rural or regional area, the trigger is three locally acquired cases a day over a rolling three-day average, equating to nine cases over three consecutive days.
“It may include neighbouring postcodes in metropolitan areas such as seen in Melbourne or specific areas suggested by analysis of mobility data. In rural areas, a single town or a defined geographic area may be included as was the case in North West Tasmania. “That’s what we agreed on today. And what we also have today is a Commonwealth-defined hot spot, which is the starting point for having one more broadly agreed by those states and territories, which are going to go down that path,” he said
“They will watch carefully, they will look on, and the thing about our new way of working in the National Cabinet is the door will always remain open and they are always able to join us at a subsequent time.”The document also expressly states that Victoria allowed its contact tracing to get out of hand before it asked for help.
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