Latest news: Victoria

Nearly 100 Canberrans are still stranded on the Victorian border as at 5pm today, after the NSW Government has failed to budge on its decision not to honour in-transit permits for travel through NSW to the ACT.

ACT Health is continuing to work collaboratively with government and non-government stakeholders in its contingency plan to reduce the risk of a COVID-19 outbreak in the local residential aged care sector.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced further restrictions for Melbourne businesses and estimated another 250,000 Victorians will lose their jobs as the state struggles to reduce community movement and get the virus under control.

A 38-year-old Victorian man was fined and escorted to the NSW border on Saturday night, having been caught breaching the ACT’s COVID-19 health directions.

A 41-year-old man from Victoria has been arrested and charged for failing to comply with COVID-19 health directions in the ACT.

The 10 Victorian clubs previously based there have moved into the hubs in Queensland or NSW as they say goodbye to their homes for at least six weeks.

ACT Health has confirmed three new cases of COVID-19 in the ACT overnight (7-8 July), all from the same household and linked to the outbreaks in Victoria.

Victorians planning on travelling to the ACT will have to get in before 11.59pm Tuesday 7 July, as a strict travel ban is introduced.

Travellers coming into the ACT from Melbourne’s COVID-19 hotspots will be required to quarantine for 14 days, under a new Health Direction announced today.