COVID-19 update: NSW Premier urges to limit contact between households

This is your update on the Coronavirus in Australia for 30 July 2021.

People cross an empty street in The Rocks, Sydney, Thursday, July 8, 2021. NSW has recorded 38 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases overnight, the highest daily number of new cases in 14 months. (AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi) NO ARCHIVING

People cross an empty street in The Rocks, Sydney. Source: AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi

Soldiers will join NSW Police to enforce health orders.
Victorian authorities find link in mystery case.
Brisbane school undergoes deep cleaning after student tests positive for COVID-19.
Tasmania reopens its borders to Victoria.

New South Wales

NSW has recorded 170 new local cases, with at least 42 of those infections while in the community.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian is urging people to limit contact with other households as the virus continues to spread in households and workplaces.

Police Commissioner Mick Fuller warns people against attending anti-lockdown protests over the weekend saying, “protesters will be met with a thousand officers”.

Also, 300 soldiers will be on the ground from Monday to ensure people are staying home and not mixing with extended families during the lockdown.

Victoria

The state has recorded three new locally acquired cases, all linked to the existing outbreak who have been isolating while infectious.

Victorian Health Minister Martin Foley says genomic testing shows the mystery case is linked to current outbreaks, but it is still unknown how the person acquired the virus.

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Queensland health authorities believe the Brisbane student who has tested positive for COVID-19 was infectious in the community for three days, since the 27^th of July.
Tasmania reopened its borders to Victoria from today after a two-week closure.

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Quarantine, travel, testing clinics and pandemic disaster payment

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

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