CORONAVIRUS — INTERSTATE BORDER RESTRICTIONS —
NEW SOUTH WALES
678. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Premier:
I refer to the conditions or
categories set out in the controlled border arrangements that place any
jurisdiction with a rolling average of more
than 500 cases for more than five days in the extreme risk category. Given that
New South Wales has had a rolling seven-day average of fewer than 500
cases for 14 days since 13 October, what threshold must it meet to be
reclassified as high risk?
Mr M.
McGOWAN replied:
We have sought advice from the
Acting Chief Health Officer in relation to New South Wales. We want to be very cautious about New South Wales. As it goes through
its version of an opening up process, we want to see what occurs. At
this point in time, it has not gone back above the 500 cases per day mark on a 14-day
rolling average. That is a better
performance than I expected out of New South Wales, but we will continue to
monitor what happens. We will get further advice from the Chief Health
Officer and we will be able to make a decision on whether we take from it from extreme risk to high risk. So that people
understand, ''extreme risk'' and ''high risk'' are
not that different. Basically, under extreme risk, people are required to
quarantine in a hotel. Under high risk, people can quarantine at home if they
meet one of the exemption criteria. Under both categories, very few people meet
the exemption criteria.