Victoria eliminates COVID-19 as Tasmania reopens its borders

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Victoria has officially eliminated COVID-19 after 28 consecutive days of zero coronavirus cases, as Tasmania's borders reopen to the state today. 9News

"The pandemic is not over, there is still a way to go, we still have to wait and see the impacts a vaccine brings," she said.The positive news comes as Victorians will be free to travel to Tasmania from today after months of the borders being tightly shut.

"It is great to see that the movement of people between Tasmania and Victoria has recommenced," Ms Allan said. However, the Victorian Government has not yet confirmed when it will open its border to South Australia. The premier has rejected home-based quarantine as an option for international arrivals returning to the state, despite the model being recommended in the Hotel Quarantine Inquiry."There is not a consensus, there is not a view at a National Cabinet level that home quarantine is an appropriate response to the risk we face at the moment," he said.

 

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