Tasmania will remove the high-risk declaration for Western Australia and the Northern Territory on Monday afternoon, as authorities in WA continue to search for a Tasmanian man who fled quarantine after being directed to a government hotel.
Key points:
- The Tasmanian ban on travellers from the NT and WA will lift on Monday
- WA Police are calling for information as to the whereabouts of a Tasmanian man
- Kyle Stephens was denied entry into WA and told to stay at a quarantine hotel prior to his flight out of WA, but is now missing
From 2:00pm today, Greater Perth, the City of Mandurah, Boddington, Murray, Serpentine-Jarrahdale and Waroona in Western Australia and Darwin, Palmerston, Litchfield and Alice Springs in the Northern Territory will no longer be declared as high-risk areas and will be re-classified as low risk.
"Anyone currently in quarantine because they had been in any of these areas prior to arriving in Tasmania is able to leave quarantine. Anyone who has been in these areas of WA or NT who is planning to travel to Tasmania is now able to do so without the requirement to quarantine," Dr Mark Veitch said in a statement.
There are several specific premises in both WA and NT that remain classified as high-risk premises.
Anyone currently in quarantine because they visited any of these premises at the specified dates and times must remain in quarantine.
Anyone who has been to a high-risk premises at the specified date and time will not permitted to enter Tasmania.
QLD restrictions stay in place for now
Tasmanian authorities say high-risk declarations will remain in force for 13 Queensland local government areas (LGAs) for at least the next 48 hours, with a review on Wednesday.
It follows further confirmed COVID-19 cases and the identification of additional high-risk premises in that state.
The high-risk declaration applies to the City of Brisbane, the City of Ipswich, Logan City, the Moreton Bay region, Redland City, the Sunshine Coast region, the shire of Noosa, the Somerset region, the Lockyer Valley region, the Scenic Rim region, City of Gold Coast, City of Townsville (including Magnetic Island) and the shire of Palm Island.
Anyone currently in quarantine because they were in any of these LGAs before travelling to Tasmania will need to remain in quarantine.
Anyone who has recently been in these LGAs and is intending travelling to Tasmania will need to be approved by the Tasmanian deputy state controller as an essential traveller.
More information on the current state of restrictions can be found on the Tasmanian government's coronavirus website.
Tasmanian man fled WA quarantine hotel
Meanwhile, West Australian police are appealing for information from members of the public to assist in urgently locating 32-year-old Kyle Stephens.
Supplied: WA Police
)"Mr Stephens is a Tasmanian resident who arrived in Perth on 1 July 2021 after transiting through Sydney," WA Police said in a statement.
"He was denied entry into WA and directed to stay at a specified hotel prior to his flight out of WA, which he failed to do.
"WA Police believe Mr Stephens has remained in WA and he is believed to be travelling with another male person and could be heading from Perth to the Geraldton area."
Anyone who sees Mr Stephens is urged to call police immediately on 131 444.
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