Travellers arriving in Tasmania from South Australia in the past week have been asked to immediately self-isolate while health authorities scramble to find the origin of a COVID-19 outbreak in Adelaide.
“With the outbreak escalating in Adelaide … we are taking immediate precautionary action this morning,” Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein said.
“Anyone who has arrived in Tasmania from South Australia since last Monday, we would like you to immediately self isolate.
“If you are in a home residence to isolate there, if you are staying in accommodation to go back to your hotel room and isolate there.”
Seventeen coronavirus cases have now been linked to a cluster in Adelaide’s northern suburbs.
Mr Gutwein said anyone arriving in Tasmania from South Australia today would need to quarantine at home or at a hotel or other accommodation.
A flight from Adelaide is scheduled to arrive at Hobart Airport at 6:50pm tonight.
Mr Gutwein said about 900 people had travelled from South Australia to Tasmania in the past week.
Further quarantine requirements are expected to be announced this afternoon.
“We will make the necessary operational arrangements once we fully understand the situation in Adelaide today,” Mr Gutwein said.
“The view is that the risk is low, but again we want to take every precaution necessary.”
