Tasmania has declared a state of emergency over coronavirus, with police commissioner Darren Hine to take on the role of emergency management commissioner, liaising with health to manage the crisis.
Tasmania has now recorded 10 cases of Covid-19.
Tasmania has now recorded 10 cases of Covid-19.
Holy shit. Tasmania is putting border controls its state borders. 14 day quarantine for any non-essential travellers coming into Tasmania (even if they are Tasmanians) beginning midnight Friday.
Premier Peter Gutwein:
"From midnight on Friday, only essential travellers will be allowed into Tasmania without going into quarantine. Any non-essential traveller into Tasmania will be required to go into a period of 14 days of quarantine."
"From midnight on Friday, only essential travellers will be allowed into Tasmania without going into quarantine. Any non-essential traveller into Tasmania will be required to go into a period of 14 days of quarantine."
"Essential travellers will be those that are important to our health effort, or to an emergency situation, or those that keep our trade links running."
The penalty for not going into the mandatory quarantine is a $16,800 fine or six months prison.
All arrivals to Tas will have to fill in a Tasmanian arrivals card. It will be determined whether they count as essential or non-essential.
This is such a huge step.
All arrivals to Tas will have to fill in a Tasmanian arrivals card. It will be determined whether they count as essential or non-essential.
This is such a huge step.
Gutwein is asked about Tasmanians returning:
"Those that come back to the state after midnight on Friday night will be required to go into a period of 14 days of quarantine. In terms of
other Tasmanians going about their day-to-day lives, they will have no impact..."
"Those that come back to the state after midnight on Friday night will be required to go into a period of 14 days of quarantine. In terms of
other Tasmanians going about their day-to-day lives, they will have no impact..."
On Flinders and King Islands:
They're included in the Tas quarantine. So, you can go from Tasmania to Flinders/King Islands without quarantine but if you go from the mainland to the islands you need to quarantine.
They're included in the Tas quarantine. So, you can go from Tasmania to Flinders/King Islands without quarantine but if you go from the mainland to the islands you need to quarantine.
Clarification for Tasmanian audiences: mainland here is mainland Australia, not mainland Tasmania.
No quarantine required between Tasmania and Flinders or King islands.
Quarantine required between mainland Australia and Tasmania and Flinders and King Islands.
No quarantine required between Tasmania and Flinders or King islands.
Quarantine required between mainland Australia and Tasmania and Flinders and King Islands.
