Prior to the guards infection, up to 45,000 people were to be allowed to attend. [34], On 23 April 2021, due to an asymptomatic returned traveller who tested positive after completing 14 days of hotel quarantine and subsequently went into the community, a lockdown from 12:01 am on 24 April to 12:01 am on 27 April was declared for the Perth and Peel regions. [127], On 7 July, after recording 191 new cases, Premier Andrews announced that metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire would re-enter lockdown for a minimum of six weeks from 12 a.m. on 9 July.
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Perth and Peel Lockdown from midnight 23 April 2021 [143], On 7 August, an easing of internal WA restrictions was deferred to at least 29August due to an outbreak in Victoria.
Every lockdown date until end of 2021 - BirminghamLive Schools were prevented from organising gatherings of over 500, including swimming and sports carnivals, interschool carnivals, performances, concerts, exhibitions, fetes and fairs. [162], On 11 October, Victoria's State of Emergency and State of Disaster were extended until 11.59pm on 8 November.
Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia (2020) [45], Still on 18 March, the Northern Territory government announced an economic stimulus package of A$60million. [26] Actor Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson advised that they had tested positive and were in isolation.
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At the time, Perth Stadium became the state's COVID-19 incident response centre. [2] On 18 March, indoor gatherings of over 100 people were banned. New South Wales health authorities asked all passengers to go into self-isolation. In WA, three hotel quarantine security guards became infected with coronavirus, but their infections did not lead to an outbreak. On March 24, 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a complete lockdown of the entire nation for 21 days in an effort to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. ), On 20 July, the number of daily overseas arrivals allowed at Sydney Airport was reduced from 450 (since 5 July) to350. [133], On 27 July, the Prime Minister renamed the National COVID-19 Coordination Commission, formed on 25 March 2020 as the "National COVID-19 Commission Advisory Board (NCC)". Whilst initially stated in June 2020 to be going ahead. [15] These two cases were acquired in Australia whereas all other previous cases were imported from another country. [41], On 18 March,[42] a human biosecurity emergency was declared[43] by the Governor-General of Australia, David Hurley, under Section 475 of the Biosecurity Act 2015. [32] The last lockdown specific restrictions were lifted at 12:01am on 14February. Phil Mercer. A man in his 30s had not travelled overseas but did travel outside of the ACT. [184][185] Also on 27 November, the 2021 National Multicultural Festival in Canberra was postponed from its usual February dates to " by late 2021". However, the new case in Queensland was linked to the Rydges on Swanston cluster in Melbourne when a man who travelled from Melbourne to Brisbane on Virgin flight VA313 on 1 June tested positive. Parliament was rescheduled to return on 24 August.
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