COVID-19 update: NSW and Tasmania announce new home quarantine trials

This is your update on the Coronavirus in Australia for 17 September 2021.

Dr Jamal Rifi administers a Covid vaccine to 12 year old Bailee Little at a pop-up drive through vaccination clinic at Belmore Oval, in Sydney, Friday, September 17, 2021.

Dr Rifi administers Covid vaccine to 12 year old at a pop-up drive through vaccination clinic at Belmore Oval, in Sydney, September 17, 2021. Source: AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts

NSW announces home quarantine trial for fully vaccinated travellers
Victoria eases some restrictions from midnight
Mandatory vaccination for the aged care sector in the ACT
Queensland records another community case in home quarantine

New South Wales

NSW has recorded 1,284 new locally acquired cases and 12 further deaths, including two men in their 20s. Three of those who have lost their lives were residents of aged care facilities in Dubbo, and seven were unvaccinated.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced plans to begin a seven-day home-based quarantine trial for travellers who have had both doses of a TGA-accredited COVID-19 vaccine. The initial trial will involve 175 people and it is scheduled to start at the end of the month.

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Victoria

Victoria has recorded 510 new locally acquired cases and one death.

From midnight tonight, unvaccinated or partially vaccinated adults will be able to meet up with one other person from a different household for a walk or picnic, while that figure grows to five from two households, plus dependents, for fully vaccinated adults.

The government's full roadmap out of lockdown, outlining restrictions through to November, will be released on Sunday, 19 September.

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Australian Capital Territory

The territory has recorded 30 new locally acquired cases with at least 14 in the community while infectious.

From today, as mandatory vaccination has come into effect for the aged care sector, unvaccinated workers will not be able to enter their workplace until they get their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

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From next week, Tasmania will begin 30-day home quarantine trial for fully vaccinated travellers from regional NSW.

Quarantine, travel, testing clinics and pandemic disaster payment

Quarantine and testing requirements are managed and enforced by state and territory governments:

NSW

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VIC

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ACT

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QLD

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TAS

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If you want to travel overseas, you may be able to apply online for an exemption.

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