Greater Sydney residents will have to wear masks inside or face a $200 fine as the state recorded another seven new locally-acquired coronavirus cases on Saturday.
Five of the new cases are linked to the Berala cluster in western Sydney, one is a household contact of a previously reported case - a patient transport worker - and there is one remaining case under investigation.
There were almost 32,000 coronavirus tests conducted in the 24-hour period to 8pm on Friday.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced masks for individuals over the age of 12 will be compulsory in certain indoor settings from midnight on Saturday.
This includes shopping centres, entertainment venues like the cinema, hair and beauty salons, on public transport, in places of worship, and gaming areas of establishments. Hospitality workers will also be required to wear masks.
Two Victorians who were in Eden and Bermagui have tested positive for COVID-19. Photo: File.
3pm, January 1: Bega Valley mayor Russell Fitzpatrick has urged all visitors to the Great Southern Hotel in Eden and the Beachside Cafe in Bermagui on December 30 and 31 to get tested for COVID and self isolate immediately.
“The NSW Government has today announced two visitors to our region have tested positive to COVID-19″, Cr Fitzpatrick said.
The cases travelled to New South Wales from Victoria on 30 December 2020 and had dinner at the Great Southern Hotel in Eden from 5pm to 6.30pm. They also ate at the Beachside Café in Bermagui from 9am to 10am on 31 December. Contact tracing is now underway.
There are now Covid-19 cases linked to a Melbourne restaurant (file picture).
Photo: 123rf.com
At the stroke of midnight, police vehicles joined the ends of queues at each border checkpoint to mark the midnight closure. Travellers were told earlier on Friday they would need to be in line before 11:59pm in order to make it home. At midnight, regardless of how long the queue is, we ll have a police car go to the end of that queue, Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner Rick Nugent said earlier. If you are there by midnight, regardless of whether you re actually processed, you re included as arriving prior to midnight.
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There were long queues of cars on Thursday night as Victorians abandoned New South Wales holiday plans to return home.
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Victorians in New South Wales raced to get back into the state before the hard border closure came into effect overnight, as the coronavirus cluster linked to a Melbourne restaurant rises to 10 cases.
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Victoria closed its border to New South Wales from 11:59pm on Friday
Contact tracers believe it is likely Victoria s cluster is linked to the New South Wales outbreak