The border between Victoria and NSW will be opened from midnight tonight after no local cases were recorded in NSW for the past 15 days.
In Victoria a locally-acquired case has not been registered for 23 days.
From tomorrow, NSW will have no restrictions imposed on any of its borders. The Queensland government still has restrictions once you cross over.
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"New South Wales now will be the only state or territory which welcomes everybody from every state in Australia, also New Zealanders as well," said NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian.
"So we are a free border community in New South Wales."
https://twitter.com/NSWHealth/status/1330301554176516098NSW records no new cases of locally-acquired COVID-19 overnight
Overnight NSW recorded no new cases of locally-acquired COVID-19, marking the 15th day in a row to do so.
The state did record 11 new cases total, all in overseas travellers who are currently in hotel quarantine.
More than 12,000 tests have been conducted in the past 24 hours and almost 3.4 million tests have been conducted since the pandemic began.
NSW's state death toll currently stands at 55 people.
You can get up-to-date information from the Federal Government's Coronavirus Australia app, available on the App Store, Google Play and the Government's WhatsApp channel.
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