Free travel between Canberra and Sydney suspended due to Northern Beaches coronavirus outbreak

The ACT will require all people entering Canberra from Greater Sydney to self-declare and quarantine from midnight tonight.

Residents of the hotspot have been told not to travel to the capital and returning Canberrans will be required to quarantine at home.

The move to close the ACT to people from Greater Sydney follows similar decisions by states and territories across the country.

The ACT has also recorded one case of COVID-19 in hotel quarantine — its first in nearly a month.

More to come.