As additional protection from the evolving COVID-19 outbreak, stay-at-home orders have been announced for anyone in NSW who has been in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) since Thursday, August 5.
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NSW Health confirmed on Thursday night that anyone who has visited the ACT on August 5 or since must stay at home and only leave their residence with a reasonable excuse.
Reasonable excuses include shopping, medical care, caregiving, outdoor exercise with a member of your household or one other person, and work or education, if you cannot do it from home.
NSW Health continues to urge people who have been in the ACT since August 5 to regularly check the ACT Health website for information on venues of concern linked to the latest cases.
On Thursday afternoon, August 12, ACT Health was notified of another three confirmed cases of COVID-19. This brings the total number of active cases in the ACT to four.
All three cases are close contacts of the positive case that was announced earlier on Thursday as the ACT went into a snap seven-day lockdown.
ACT Health Minister Rachel-Stephen-Smith on Friday morning said more than 3000 close contacts have been identified for the listed exposure sites.
"Wednesday evening it was positive wastewater; yesterday morning it was one case; by yesterday afternoon it was four cases: This is Delta strain," she said of the ACT's snap decision to lockdown for seven days from Thursday at 5pm.
A list of exposure sites linked to these cases continues to grow.
If you attended any of the venues identified at the times listed, contact NSW Health immediately on 1800 943 553.
People subject to the stay-at-home measures in the ACT should not be travelling to NSW unless they are permitted to do so.
Everyone in NSW, including those in NSW areas along the ACT border, must continue to comply with all relevant public health orders that are in place in NSW.
People entering NSW who have been in the ACT in the last 14 days must also complete a declaration form. This is available on the Service NSW website, and can be completed in the 24-hour period before entering NSW or on arrival.
For people who travel frequently between the ACT and NSW, a declaration form is only required to completed every 72 hours.
The information gathered via the travel declarations is vital in allowing NSW Health to contact travellers if necessary.
Full details of the additional restrictions are available at www.nsw.gov.au.
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Ben Smyth
I have worked as a journalist since 2005 and am now Editor of Australian Community Media mastheads in Bega, Merimbula and Eden
I have worked as a journalist since 2005 and am now Editor of Australian Community Media mastheads in Bega, Merimbula and Eden
