Queensland to Order Arrivals From Sydney Region into Quarantine
Queensland will close its border to greater Sydney region amid an outbreak of coronavirus that has reached 70 cases in the New South Wales capital.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says all arrivals from Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast and Illawarra-Shoalhaven will have to go into 14-day quarantine on arrival in Queensland from 1 a.m. on Monday. Vehicle checkpoint on the Pacific Highway on the Queensland-New South Wales border in Brisbane on April 15, 2020. (Patrick Hamilton /AFP via Getty Images)
Queenslanders in the NSW capital have been given until 1 a.m. Tuesday to get home, but they will need to be tested for COVID-19 and go into self-quarantine on arrival.
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Border declaration passes required for all travellers from NSW into Queensland amid Sydney COVID outbreak
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Queensland has reintroduced border passes for anyone entering the state from New South Wales, Health Minister Yvette D Ath says.
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From 1:00am on Sunday, anyone travelling into Queensland from NSW needs to fill out a border declaration form
Police will randomly check people crossing the state border by car
Anyone who has travelled from Greater Sydney and the Central Coast is also being asked to get tested for COVID-19 and self-quarantine until cleared
Families heartbroken Christmas plans disrupted after Queensland declares Sydney s Northern Beaches as a hotspot
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The NSW woman s test results came back positive on Thursday night.
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Coronavirus testing has been ramped up across south-east Queensland after Sydney s Northern Beaches was declared a coronavirus hotspot, with devastated families having Christmas plans disrupted at the last minute.
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Ms Palaszczuk has declared Sydney s Northern Beaches a coronavirus hotspot
Christmas plans for many families are disrupted at the last minute as a result of the hotspot declaration
No new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Queensland in the 24 hours to Saturday morning
The firies got stuck north of Glenreagh.
Luckily they were able to extract themselves, but their truck remained stranded.
A group of firefighters were caught in floodwaters in northern NSW.(9News)
A large portion of New South Wales remains on high alert for floods and thunderstorms.
Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding in areas extending from Canberra to Walgett in northern NSW.
Locations that may be affected include Orange, Canberra, Goulburn, Tamworth, Gunnedah, Narrabri, Walgett, Dubbo and Parkes.
Residents in flood-affected areas in Queensland and NSW, particularly near Coffs Harbour, are today being urged to be aware as more rain is forecast to pack a final punch today before conditions ease tomorrow.