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Due to the current level of community transmission of coronavirus in Victoria from the recent New South Wales (NSW) incursions, the current lockdown will be extended and travel to Victoria using Red Zone Permits will be temporarily paused, to ensure we run this Delta outbreak to ground.
Victoria’s Chief Health Officer has declared that the current restrictions in Victoria will remain in place for at least another seven days in order stamp out this Delta variant and keep Victorians safe.
Just over a week ago, the Delta variant made its way into our state from NSW and since then, Victoria’s contact tracers have worked around the clock to contain this virus but today we still stand with 85 active cases and:
More than four million people worldwide have died from COVID-19, according to Johns Hopkins University. Three countries account for more than one third of all the deaths in the world: the largest number is in the United States, with 606,000, accounting for 15% of all deaths, followed by Brazil and India. However, given the difficulty of accurately tracking the spread of the virus, especially in developing countries, many experts believe that the total number of deaths in the world is substantially higher than official figures. For example, according to the conservative estimates by the WHO, it can be confidently stated that the pandemic has claimed 6-8 million victims.
Victoria closes border to seven Sydney local government areas23/06/2021|2min
Victoria has closed its border to seven Sydney local government areas which have been declared red zones by Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton.
Anyone who has been in one of the red zones which include the City of Sydney Waverly, Woollahra, Bayside, Canada Bay, Inner West, and Randwick will not be permitted to enter Victoria.
There is an exemption for Victorian residents who need to return home but they will be required to obtain a permit and undergo a full 14 days of quarantine at home or in a hotel.
Victoria has also declared Wollongong an orange zone which means residents entering Victoria will have to be tested for COVID-19 and isolate until they receive a negative result.