NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is appealing further to Sydney residents to get tested if they suspect having any COVID symptoms. Ten new cases were recorded for NSW, five of which are in hotel quarantine.
Ms Berejiklian said in a media briefing:
"In relation to the cases of community transmission, four were linked to that new cluster around the private clinic and one, Health believes is an old case linked to Liverpool Hospital. It is believed the infection was acquired back in August and so that person is no longer infectious, yet the disease was picked up in them.
"We are urging everybody to keep updated on the Health website. Make sure you follow the instructions. This morning there are additional venues and locations put therefore the community to respond to, and we are asking everybody with the mildest of symptoms to come forward.
"We certainly don’t want to see these clusters grow. Importantly, four that were identified overnight in relation to the private clinic, three of those are in one household, which is of some comfort given that it is not multiple sources at this stage. Obviously we are concerned because, as you see on the list of venues, they are across a wide range of suburbs.
"We need to make sure that geographically everybody in those areas, everybody in those suburbs, even if they haven’t been to any of those locations listed, there is always the chance the virus can still be lurking in those communities. We are urging everybody in those suburbs where there is also infectious cases to make sure you get tested even if you have the mildest symptoms."
The Northern Territory is going ahead with opening its border to NSW residents Saturday, October 10, 2020.
Queensland is still monitoring whether to reset the clock to comply with its earlier requirement of 28 days of zero community transmission before it opens its border to NSW residents. This was to take effect on November 4. In the media briefing today, October 9, the Deputy Premier of Queensland stated: "the NSW government has given up on its goal." However, Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young is not re-starting the clock on opening the border to NSW as yet. She has praised NSW’s contact tracing, and says it is ‘unlinked’ cases which worry her - so far, NSW is able to link back its cases.
On the matter of the Queensland 48 hour deadline for NSW, Dr Young says it is about contact tracing. The NSW Premier criticised the arbitrary deadline set by Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.
South Australian Premier Steven Marshall announced South Australia officially opened its borders to NSW as of midnight on Wednesday, October 7.
Border with ACT is open while borders with Western Australia and Tasmania remain shut for NSW residents. Victorian border is open to NSW residents; however, they will need to have a permit to be allowed back in.
The Tasman Travel Bubble is envisaged to allow NSW residents to visit by December 2020.
The Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced at today's media briefing stated
" Almost $50b in business and personal income tax cuts had been passed. We can now get on the delivering of our plan."
