NSW Health has released a statement 'strongly discouraging' NSW residents to travel to Victoria COVID-19 'hotspots'
"In line with the advice of the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC), NSW Health strongly discourages travel to and from areas of Victoria with COVID-19 outbreaks until control of community transmission has been confirmed," NSW Health told 9News.
"The Victorian Government has identified the local government areas of Hume, Casey and Brimbank, Moreland, Cardinia and Darebin as the focus of current outbreaks of concern.
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https://twitter.com/NSWHealth/status/1274870592097808384"There are also locally acquired cases of COVID-19 reported from other areas of metropolitan Melbourne so we urge anyone who is planning to visit Victoria to keep up to date with NSW Health and Victorian Health travel advisories."
There have been two new cases of Covid-19 detected in NSW in the past 24 hours.
One is a returned traveller in hotel quarantine, but the second case is under investigation as it is not yet known where he contracted the virus.
The man, aged in his 30s, is from south-west Sydney and has not travelled or attended any mass gatherings.
He is well and isolating at home, NSW Health confirmed.
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