The ACT government has imposed a 14-day quarantine requirement for people coming from Tamworth, Byron Bay and surrounding regions.
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This applies to anyone who left the Tamworth LGA from August 5; or who left the Byron Bay Shire, Ballina Shire, City of Lismore and Richmond Valley Council LGAs from July 31.
All regions were placed into lockdown by the NSW government on Monday afternoon.
More than 80 per cent of the NSW population - or about 6,571,800 people - is now in lockdown as the state struggles to stop the spread of the Delta COVID-19 strain beyond Greater Sydney and into the regions.
Byron Bay and surrounding local government areas in northern NSW entered a seven-day lockdown from 6pm on Monday.
That came as the New England regional city of Tamworth joined the Hunter region and Armidale for its own seven-day lockdown after an infected young woman visited the area from Newcastle.
The ACT's stay-at-home requirements for people who came from regional Victoria were lifted at midnight on Monday.
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Tamworth LGA
Anyone who has or will enter the ACT from Tamworth from Thursday, August 5, is required to quarantine for 14 days after leaving the area.
People who left the LGA from Thursday onwards, and are already in the ACT, must quarantine immediately and call ACT Health on (02) 5124 6500.
Anyone seeking to enter the ACT from Tamworth, including returning ACT residents, must complete an online exemption form 72 hours before arriving.
ACT residents will automatically receive an exemption to enter.
Non-ACT residents will be unable to enter the ACT without an approved exemption, which are only approved in highly exceptional circumstances.
A woman travelled to the Tamworth region from Newcastle with the virus.
A number of exposure sites have been confirmed and the town entered lockdown from Monday at 5pm.
Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said the young woman was exposed to COVID-19 in Newcastle before travelling to Tamworth on Wednesday evening, arriving on Thursday.
The woman left Newcastle before it was included in the Hunter region lockdown from Thursday evening, after at least five cases were reported in the area.
Byron Bay and surrounds
Anyone who left the Byron Bay Shire, Ballina Shire, City of Lismore and Richmond Valley Council LGAs from July 31 must quarantine for 14 days after leaving the area.
People who left the LGA from Thursday onwards, and are already in the ACT, must quarantine immediately and call ACT Health on (02) 5124 6500.
Anyone seeking to enter the ACT from Tamworth, including returning ACT residents, must complete an online exemption form 72 hours before arriving.
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ACT residents will automatically receive an exemption to enter.
Non-ACT residents will be unable to enter the ACT without an approved exemption, which are only approved in highly exceptional circumstances.
Areas in northern NSW including Byron Bay were placed into a snap one-week lockdown on Monday at 6pm, after a man infected with COVID-19 visited the area.
Residents in these areas have been ordered to stay at home unless there is a reasonable excuse to leave.
In the 24 hours to 8pm on Sunday NSW recorded 283 local COVID-19 cases, 106 of which were in the community while infectious.
An unvaccinated northern Sydney woman in her 90s has also died, taking the death toll from the current outbreak to at least 29.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has set a goal of six million COVID-19 vaccinations by the end of August in order to consider easing lockdown settings. About 4.5 million jabs have been administered so far.
Despite saying last week that "COVID zero" remains the goal in NSW, the premier on Monday admitted lockdown restrictions could ease from August 29 depending on infections in the community and hitting the six million jab target.
However, pre-pandemic freedoms could not be countenanced until vaccination rates of 70 and 80 per cent are reached.
Ms Berejiklian acknowledged this meant residents of Sydney and surrounds could be banned from interstate travel for the long term, given the tendency of other states to close borders.
"I'm sure if you asked the majority of people in this state whether (they) look forward to more freedoms than we have now, I think the answer would be yes," Ms Berejiklian told reporters.
Residents of Greater Sydney and surrounds can only visit regional NSW for essential activity, and cannot freely enter any other Australian state or territory.
Regional Victoria
The stay-at-home requirement for people coming from Victoria, in areas other than Greater Melbourne, will be lifted at 11.59pm on Monday.
ACT Health said it would directly contact people who have been subject to the stay-at-home requirement for regional Victoria to advise them of the update.
At this stage, the stay-at-home requirement for Greater Melbourne will remain in place until at least 11.59pm on August 12.
There are no restrictions in place for travel from regional Victoria.
However, ACT Health said Canberrans should minimise any interstate travel at this time and be prepared to reconsider their plans at short notice.