Sydney to Hobart yacht race in jeopardy due to COVID cluster The northern beaches coronavirus cluster has put the Sydney to Hobart yacht race in serious jeopardy. Can it still go ahead?
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Subscriber only Sydney to Hobart sailors are fearing the worse in the wake of Tasmania implementing a ban on travellers from the northern beaches coronavirus hot spot. The famous race appears in serious jeopardy following the outbreak of coronavirus on the northern beaches which on Friday blew out to 28 cases. More than 100 sailors in the Sydney to Hobart are believed to live in the area with many more working on the northern beaches.
Tasmania reimposes NSW travel restrictions as cluster grows, Sydney Hobart yacht race to go on
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The coronavirus outbreak in New South Wales has led to Tasmania reintroducing mandatory quarantine for people returning from areas deemed high-risk.
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Due to the outbreak in NSW, Tasmania has reintroduced mandatory quarantine for arrivals from certain areas
Premier Peter Gutwein said the measures may disrupt Christmas plans but he would not compromise people s health
Sydney-Hobart yacht race organisers say the event will go ahead at this stage
Australia’s Test series with India is expected to continue at the SCG as planned on 7 January. Photograph: William West/AFP/Getty Images
Cricket Australia is upbeat its biosecurity protocols will ensure the Test series can be completed in Brisbane as planned, even if Queensland opts to shut its border to Sydney.
But there are doubts over the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, with organisers holding crisis talks on Friday with the 2020 yacht race in doubt due to the Covid-19 outbreak on Sydney’s northern beaches.
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The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race is in jeapodary as boats are forced to pull out as their sailors are caught up in a coronavirus outbreak on the Northern Beaches.
Sydney s Covid-19 outbreak has grown to 28 cases after testing on Thursday identified 10 more cases linked to a cluster on the city s Northern Beaches.
Boats have had to pull out of the famous race because anyone from Sydney s Northern Beaches is banned from entering Tasmania.
The iconic Sydney to Hobart race is in jeapodary as boats have had to pull out of the annual event due to a growing coronavirus cluster on the Northern Beaches
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Sydney to Hobart organisers insist the show will go on despite doubts being raised about the 2020 yacht race following a COVID-19 outbreak on Sydney’s northern beaches.
By Friday morning the cluster of cases had grown to 28, prompting Tasmania to close borders to anyone who lives or has visited the hot spot since December 11.
The decision will exclude a number of sailors who reside in the area from the time-honoured race, due to start on Boxing Day.