The rest of Australia has been watching the situation in NSW closely after an eastern suburbs couple both tested positive to COVID-19 without any clear explanation as to how they were infected. NSW Health has compiled a long list of places the pair visited while potentially infectious and have told anyone who was there at the same time as the couple to get tested and self-isolate. Depending on the location visited, people were advised to stay isolated until receiving a negative test result, for 14 days regardless of result, or until receiving advice from the health department.The other states and territories have made a distinction between those potential exposure sites and the rest of NSW as they’ve made decisions about allowing travellers in. New Zealand – one of the few other places where NSW residents could conceivably travel – have hit “pause” on the travel bubble following the Sydney community spread. Flights from NSW to New Zealand were suspended from 11.59pm Thursday for 48 hours. SOUTH AUSTRALIASouth Australia has said it will shut out anyone who has visited an NSW exposure site. The new rule has been in place since one minute after midnight on Friday. People who have already entered SA and who have been to an exposure site must quarantine for two weeks “at a place determined by an authorised officer”.They will also be made to get tested for COVID-19 right away, and then again on day five and day 13 after arrival in the state. Masks must be worn when getting tested. VICTORIAVictoria has recommended anyone who has been to an exposure site in NSW to reconsider travel plans down south. If any of those people have already entered Victoria they will be made to quarantine for 14 days. QUEENSLANDQueensland has said from Friday morning, anyone who has been to a NSW exposure site will be placed into hotel quarantine for a fortnight.People who were already in Queensland before Friday morning, and who have been to an exposure site, were asked to quarantine at home and get a COVID-19 test. People who have visited NSW since April 27 should monitor for symptoms. WESTERN AUSTRALIAPeople who have arrived in Western Australia and who have visited an NSW exposure site should get tested immediately and quarantine for 14 days from the time of potential exposure. The WA government has asked recent arrivals from NSW to monitor the NSW Health website to see if new locations are added. AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORYThe ACT will make anyone who has been to a NSW exposure site get tested immediately and quarantine for 14 days from the time they were there. The territory has also said anyone who has been to the greater Sydney region – which includes the city itself, as well as Wollongong, the Central Coast, and the Blue Mountains, will not be allowed to attend work if they work in high-risk settings such as aged care facilities, prisons and hospitals. That rule will be in place for anyone who was in greater Sydney since April 26 and count for 14 days from the time they were there. TASMANIAPeople who have been to NSW exposure sites will not be permitted to enter Tasmania. That rule came into effect on Thursday. Anyone who is already in Tasmania and who has been to a NSW exposure site will must self-isolate immediately and should call the Tasmanian Public Health Hotline for advice.NORTHERN TERRITORYAnyone who has been to a NSW exposure site and wants to enter the Northern Territory will be made to quarantine at facilities in Howard Springs or Alice Springs, the territory government said on Thursday. The person will be made to get tested for COVID-19 while in isolation and the quarantine period will last until noon on the 14th day following the exposure site visit. People who have been to those places and are already in the territory will be made to quarantine for 14 days “at a suitable place”.
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