Tasmania's Premier Peter Gutwein says the North West Regional Hospital and North West Private Hospital in Burnie will close because of the coronavirus outbreak.
All staff and members of their households — more than 1,000 people — will go into quarantine for two weeks."We're sorry that we've needed to do this but at the end of the day we need to get on top of this," Mr Gutwein said.
Under the restrictions, all businesses except for those offering medical services as well as pharmacies, supermarkets, businesses providing food, takeaway businesses, bakeries, service stations, laundromats, newsagents, bottle shops, banks and veterinary services will remain closed for two weeks. "I would hope that at the end of this two-week period that we will be able to lift some of these restrictions," Mr Gutwein said.
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