Christmas plans have been thrown into chaos with families travelling from Sydney s Northern Beaches to Victoria now told they need to self isolate for 14 days.
Premier Daniel Andrews said anyone who visited the region in Sydney s north since Friday December 11 must self isolate and get tested.
He is now urging anyone in Victoria who has been in the Northern Beaches since Friday to also isolate and get tested.
Anyone hoping to enter the state after midnight on Thursday from the infected area has been told they must get tested and quarantine in their home or accommodation for 14 days.
Premier Daniel Andrews Victorian has ruled anyone who visited the region in Sydney s north since Friday December 11 must self isolate and get tested
Sydney s covid cluster grows to 28 cases with locals told to stay home and wear masks - as Gladys Berejiklian reveals shocking details of how an air crew broke isolation to go out and party
Northern Beaches cluster has grown to 28 cases after thousands of residents queued up to get Covid tests
Premier Gladys Berejiklian has ordered 270,000 residents from the Spit Bridge to Palm Beach to stay at home
The source of the cluster, which was identified on Wednesday, has not been identified but is from overseas
All states and territories have imposed varying levels of border restrictions, jeopardising Christmas
Victorian health minister has told Sydneysiders don t come to Victoria and urged Victorians not to travel
Australia on alert as outbreak on Sydney s Northern Beaches threatens to spread across New South Wales
17th new case within 24 hours recorded as 270,000 were asked to stay at home, avoid travel or going out
But it was a different story in Sydney s CBD as hundreds of revellers celebrated the start of the festive season
The outbreak leaves travel plans in chaos as states and territories quickly stepped up travel restrictions
Northern Beaches residents entering Queensland must pay for hotel quarantine from 1am on Saturday due to a large Covid-19 outbreak in the leafy area of Sydney.
People in Queensland who have been in the Northern Beaches since December 11 must immediately isolate at home for 14 days and get tested.
Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young brought in the rules on Thursday night after the Sydney cluster spread to 17 cases.
More than 250,000 residents from the Spit Bridge up to Palm Beach have been ordered to isolate immediately amid fears of a Victoria-style outbreak.
Officials say the strain of the virus is international but they don t know how it got into the community with three cases first recorded on Wednesday.
Thousands of Sydney residents have had their Christmas holiday plans wrecked as states re-impose border restrictions due to an outbreak on the Northern Beaches.
Tasmania an have banned Northern Beaches residents, Queensland and the Northern Territory have re-introduced hotel quarantine and Western Australia is making all NSW residents self-isolate.
South Australia and the ACT are asking arrivals from the Northern Beaches to get tested and self-isolate.
More than 250,000 Sydney residents from the Spit Bridge up to Palm Beach have been ordered to isolate immediately amid fears of a Victoria-style outbreak with 28 cases recorded since Wednesday.
Thousands of Sydney residents have had their Christmas holiday plans wrecked as states re-impose border restrictions due to an outbreak on the Northern Beaches