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Latest news: Quarantine

Peter Dutton forced into home quarantine

Peter Dutton has been forced into home quarantine and will miss the upcoming fortnight of federal parliamentary sittings.

Victoria records four new COVID cases

Victoria has acquired four new locally acquired COVID-19 cases. All are linked to the state's current outbreaks and all were in quarantine throughout their infectious period.

Tokyo address ‘prison-like’ Olympics quarantine

Organisers say they will look at improving "prison-like" conditions for athletes quarantined at the Tokyo Olympics following mounting complaints.

Queensland confirms COVID-19 quarantine breach

Queensland has recorded no new cases of COVID-19 after genomic sequencing revealed a breach of the Delta variant in hotel quarantine.

Dogs star Josh Dunkley put in 14-day quarantine

Western Bulldogs star Josh Dunkley has been forced into a 14-day home quarantine after visiting a Tier 1 exposure site in Victoria.

Boris Johnson reverses plan to skip self-isolation

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and finance minister Rishi Sunak will both self-isolate in line with national guidance, reversing heavily criticised plans to take part in a pilot scheme that would have allowed them to continue working.

Sydney arrivals into ACT to quarantine for 14 days

The new requirement will come into effect from 11.59pm tonight, Friday 9 July.

Home quarantine set for trial in Australia

Australia is set to trial home quarantine for fully vaccinated overseas arrivals with NSW and South Australia likely to be the first states.

Australia to halve international arrivals

Australia will halve international arrival caps until at least next year over fears of a highly contagious coronavirus strain.

ACT Policing to increase health direction compliance

ACT Policing will increase enforcement of the updated ACT public health directions by engaging with drivers and conducting compliance checks across the ACT from today, Saturday 26 June.

List of NSW exposure locations grows

The original timeframe has been extended as three household contacts of the original case have now tested positive.

ACT shuts border to Greater Brisbane, returned travellers to quarantine

ACT residents who have been in Greater Brisbane since 15 March will need to enter quarantine until at least 6pm on 1 April, ACT Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith announced today.

Investigations continue into hotel quarantine cases

ACT Health is continuing to investigate how two returned travellers in hotel quarantine in Canberra acquired COVID-19, with authorities believing they contracted the virus in transit from overseas.

Melbourne Airport Holiday Inn added to list of exposure sites

Anyone in the ACT who is a close contact associated with the Melbourne Airport Holiday Inn must immediately self-isolate for 14 days and get a test for COVID-19, ACT Health said today

ACT travel restrictions for WA to be lifted tonight

Travel restrictions in place in the ACT for people coming from Western Australia will be lifted from 6pm today.

COVID-19: ACT declares Melbourne exposure sites hotspots

People entering the ACT from a COVID-19 affected area in Melbourne must quarantine for 14 days, under a new ACT Public Health Direction that came into effect from 2pm today, Thursday 4...

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