NSW will now charge international arrivals for their mandatory 14-day stay in hotel quarantine, beginning with $3,000 for the first adult in each travelling party.
Every person who visited a Sydney pub centre over an eight-day period has been told to self-isolate after a staffer tested positive to coronavirus.
NSW Health workers dressed in Personal Protective Equipment administer COVID-19 tests to people in their cars at the Crossroads Hotel testing centre in Sydney."We do not think the staff member was the source," Dr Kerry Chant told reporters on Sunday.Some 1200 people have been tested at the pop-up clinic at the pub since Friday.
Five new cases were recorded in the 24 hours to 8pm on Saturday, including three household contacts of a Crossroads patron.Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the state had the opportunity to clamp down on community transmission or go the way of Victoria."If you wake up with a scratchy throat, don't go to work. Get tested."Australia is slashing international arrivals by half.
From Saturday, for all arrivals on tickets bought from midnight Monday, the first adult in each travelling party will be charged $3000.
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