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Byron Bay fears COVID-19 outbreak as partygoers test positive from Brisbane cluster
Byron Bay residents and holidaymakers are on high alert as they wait to find out if there has been community transmission of COVID-19 on the North Coast of New South Wales.
Key points:
- Residents of Byron Bay are on high alert for COVID-19 after five recent cases were at a party in the town
- The Bluesfest music festival is still set to go ahead this weekend in the shire
- People arriving in the NT from the Byron Shire are now required to enter mandatory, supervised quarantine
Queensland has recorded eight new cases of COVID-19, including five people who attended a party in Byron Bay at the weekend.
It comes as the Northern Territory government has expanded its list of coronavirus hotspots to include the Byron Shire as a result of the…
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