The options being considered include a second border checkpoint north of border town of Albury or tightening the permit system to further curtail movement in and out of Victoria.
New restrictions for NSW could be announced as early as today as Premier Gladys Berejiklian warned there was an "extremely high" probability the resurgence of COVID-19 in Victoria would spread to NSW.
The options being considered by the NSW government include a second checkpoint north of the border town of Albury and tightening the permit system to further restrict movement in and out of Victoria.Ms Berejiklian also flagged minor changes to gatherings in NSW "to ensure additional safety" were likely and would be announced on Thursday.
Ms Berejiklian said NSW residents living along the Victorian border should not travel further north into other parts of the state. Police had processed more than 50,000 permits since the Victorian-NSW border closed at midnight on Tuesday but tougher border controls were now likely. "If we find that the bubble we have created on the border doesn't work and we feel it's too high-risk, we will definitely need to take further action."on Wednesday, with 11 cases linked to known clusters, and the sources of the other 123 are under investigation. Forty-one people are in Victorian hospitals including seven patients in intensive care units.
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