State governments across Australia are holding urgent talks over their border policies as Victoria's Holiday Inn cluster continues to grow.
There are now 13 cases linked to the Holiday Inn after five new cases were confirmed yesterday.
The latest cases include a hotel worker and spouses of other hotel workers, marking the first infections outside of the hotel quarantine system.
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There are also new potential community infection sites, including the Brunetti cafe at Melbourne airport where an infected staff member worked on Tuesday.
NSW Health is currently contacting 7000 travellers returned from Melbourne who passed through the airport during the
Here's a breakdown of where each state stands on travel with Victoria.
Queensland
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has hinted further border restrictions with Victoria are on the horizon amid a growing cluster connected to one of Melbourne's quarantine hotels.
Ms Palaszczuk said Queensland health authorities were "closely monitoring the situation in Victoria" from a turning of the sod ceremony on the Gold Coast this morning.
She will hold a virtual meeting with Victoria's Chief Health Officer and Deputy Premier later today.
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The latest five new cases linked to the Holiday Inn include a hotel worker and spouses of other hotel workers, marking the first infections outside of the hotel quarantine system.
"We understand that the Victorian government may be making further announcements later on today," Ms Palaszczuk said.
The premier said she would provide a further update to Queenslanders on the situation following the announcement by Victoria.
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There are no new cases of coronavirus in Queensland today, either locally acquired or in hotel quarantine.
The result comes from 7,110 tests conducted in the previous 24 hours.
There are now just six active cases remaining in the state.
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