{"id":260070,"date":"2020-06-22T12:20:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T02:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=260070"},"modified":"2020-06-22T12:24:56","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T02:24:56","slug":"vic-covid-19-hotspots-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/06\/22\/vic-covid-19-hotspots-named\/","title":{"rendered":"Vic COVID-19 &#8216;Hotspots&#8217; Named"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_113791\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-113791\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/jeannette-young-200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-113791\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/jeannette-young-200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/jeannette-young-200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/jeannette-young-200-176x300.jpg 176w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-113791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Queensland\u2019s Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>June 22, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Queensland has updated the official list of Victorian COVID-19 &#8220;hotspots&#8221; which will affect the quarantine status of returning residents at the State border.<\/p>\n<p>The declared hotspots now\u00a0include all\u00a031 Local Government Areas in Greater Melbourne, as well as five bordering LGAs &#8211; Murrindindi, Mitchell, Moorabool, Macedon Ranges and Greater Geelong.<\/p>\n<p>The update to declared hotspots follows the recent increase in new COVID-19 cases in Greater Melbourne, along with several active outbreaks demonstrating community transmission and risk of community transmission within the Greater Melbourne region.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who has travelled to or lived in one of the declared hotspots within 14 days of travel to Queensland must self-quarantine for 14 days upon entering Queensland, unless the travel to Queensland is for a limited number of essential purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Penalties apply for not complying with the direction.<\/p>\n<p>However, Melbourne&#8217;s Tullamarine Airport &#8211; which is located in a listed hotspot &#8211; has been exempted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Individuals entering the Hume Local Government Area for the sole purpose of accessing the airport or by virtue of a flight transiting through the airport are not considered to have &#8216;visited&#8217; the hotspot,&#8221; Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young has ruled.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;However, individuals who leave the airport and go out into the local community would be classified as visiting a hotspot whilst the area the airport is located remains a hotspot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>NB. Hotspots in NSW which were listed in April are no longer declared.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>External link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qld.gov.au\/health\/conditions\/health-alerts\/coronavirus-covid-19\/current-status\/hotspots-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COVID-19 Hotspots<\/a><\/strong> (Qld Health)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/04\/14\/covid-19-hotspots-named\/\">COVID-19 &#8216;Hotspots&#8217; Named<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Queensland has updated the official list of Victorian COVID-19 &#8220;hotspots&#8221; which will affect the quarantine status of returning residents at the State border.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":113792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1455,3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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