Victoria implements permit system for all NSW travellers due to Northern Beaches COVID cluster

Описание: Victoria’s health minister Martin Foley says all NSW residents will be compelled to fill out COVID-19 permits while Northern Beaches residents will be placed in mandatory hotel quarantine if they travel to Victoria.

The minster warned all of Sydney may be placed in the redzone- which means residents cannot enter Victoria- if authorities prove the COVID cluster has seeded outside of the Northern Beaches.

He said if outbreak extends past greater Sydney, he will put in place a hard border between the two states.

“Then we will act and that will mean that anyone coming from greater Sydney will be spending their Christmas in Melbourne or in Victoria in hotel quarantining," he said.

He warned Northern Beaches residences who have tickets to the Boxing Day test against India should refrain from travelling.

"If you come from the red zones you will spend your Christmas in quarantine and if you think you’re coming to the Boxing Day Test, you will spend your period in quarantine hotels. That’s not a risk that is worth taking and should the situation spread beyond the identified areas, we will have more to say about that at the time," he said.

"So I’m looking forward to the 30,000 cap at the [MCG] applying pretty well and I’m pretty sure that the cricket ground won’t have any trouble in selling 30,000 tickets for the Boxing Day.”

He also confirmed masks will also be mandatory at Victorian airports.

The comments come as Victoria records its 50th day of zero community COVID-19 transmissions.