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The Victoria/New South Wales state border was closed from 8 July 2020 to 23 November, and from 1 January 2021 to 12 February. [13] For much of the time the borders were open during 2021, people returning to NSW from Victoria were required to quarantine. [13]
The lockdown in Katherine transitioned into a lockout on 7 November, [19] which was then lifted on 8 November, while the lockout in Darwin was lifted on 9 November. [20] On 15 November, the NT recorded two new cases, one in Katherine and one in Robinson River, Northern Territory, a remote community about 800 kilometres east of Katherine. [21]
As of March 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer advises a five-day isolation period when you test positive for COVID-19, but recommends taking other precautions once ...
New Zealand: Entry denied to all travellers except residents of Australia. Quarantine-free flights from New Zealand to Australia began in October 2020 and from Australia to New Zealand in April 2021. [131] The Australia/New Zealand travel bubble was suspended on 24 July 2021 due to Delta outbreaks in Australia. [131]
On 30 March 1908, the Commonwealth Quarantine service came into operation and took over quarantine stations in every Australian state, as allowed in section 2A of the Quarantine Act 1908. The 1956 Summer Olympics , held in Melbourne , were prevented by the quarantine regulations to host the equestrian events ; therefore they were held in ...
On 15 September, another 2 deaths were reported, bringing state deaths to 828, as well as 443 new cases. There were 4,083 active cases, 173 were hospitalised, 44 in intensive care and 23 on ventilators. [100] Also on 15 September, at 11:59pm Ballarat went back into lockdown, its eighth, for at least 7 days. This followed the town having 4 COVID ...
Border Security: Australia's Front Line is a TV series that follows the work of officers within the Department of Home Affairs, Australian Border Force, and Biosecurity, as they enforce Australian immigration, customs, quarantine/biosecurity and finance laws based on factual events.
[1] In November 2016, white spot virus was detected on a prawn farm on the Logan River in south-east Queensland for the first time in the country. [30] By March 2021 it was also being detected in Deception Bay and was widespread in Moreton Bay, in the Brisbane area. The federal government was reviewing its import requirements, and farmers and ...