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SA announces Victorian border closure and quarantine for Melbourne arrivals amid coronavirus outbreak
South Australia will extend its hard border to cover the whole state of Victoria from midnight, after the Victorian Government announced a statewide lockdown.
Key points:
- South Australia will impose a hard border on the whole of Victoria from midnight tonight
- Arrivals from Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport since February 9 will be required to quarantine
- Testing requirements for Greater Sydney and Greater Perth will be lifted a day early
SA health authorities imposed a hard border with Greater Melbourne on Wednesday but travel between SA and regional Victoria had still been allowed.
But Victoria’s Holiday Inn outbreak, and its decision to enter a “circuit-breaker” lockdown for five days, have prompted SA authorities to impose tougher…
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