Victoria will keep its border with NSW open despite coronavirus cluster

ictoria will keep its border with New South Wales open and it will stick with its permit system for those coming in from the state.

Health Minister Martin Foley has again warned people not to travel into Sydney, saying there was “a significant risk that COVID-19 has seeded across the greater Sydney area”.

“If that is the case, and I stress that is an if, then we will have no choice but to declare all of Sydney a red zone,” he said on Saturday.

“That will mean anyone who has been in Sydney will not be allowed into Victoria.”

Anyone who does travel to Sydney could be stuck there, Mr Foley said.

He also said people coming from Sydney’s red zones would be spending Christmas in hotel quarantine.

“That is not a position we want anyone to be in,”…