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MTAA COVID-19 update

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NSW - new mask requirements in healthcare facilities

Given the current context of local transmission, NSW Health has advised LHDs / SCHNs to escalate to a moderate risk level (Amber). This requires all health workers wear a surgical mask if they are within 1.5m of patients. Patients are also required to wear a mask, where possible. This advice applies to hospital and community health settings and comes into effect from Friday 24 July 2020.

Read more here.

We will provide additional information on this as it comes to hand.

 

 

SA Travel update

From 12:01 am Wednesday 29 July, only essential travellers will be able to enter SA from Victoria. South Australians will no longer be able to return to SA from Victoria.

 

All visitors are still required to register online up to 72 hours earlier.

 

Travellers still need to self-quarantine whilst in the state and wear a mask in public.

 

To qualify as Essential Skills (industries and businesses), you will need a letter detailing that the person is required to conduct a service that is time critical and where the provision of the service requires that the person be physically present in South Australia.

 

Travellers will need to qualify under one of the following categories:

• Specialists required for industry or business continuity and maintenance of competitive operations where the appropriate skills are not available in South Australia, where the service is time critical and where the provision of the service requires that the person be physically present in South Australia.
• Persons who, in the conduct of their duties, are responsible for maintenance or repair of infrastructure critical to South Australia and are required to be physically present in South Australia for such purposes.

You must provide a letter from your employer or other documentation in support of your application.

 

On arrival in South Australia:

• You are required to self quarantine at all times when you are not undertaking, duties, functions or activities associated with your essential traveller status or travelling to or from such duties, functions or activities.
• You are required to wear a surgical face mask (covering mouth and nose) when coming in to contact with members of the public.

 Further information is available here.

 

 

New and extended IFAM supported flights

As part of phase 2, the International Freight Assistance Mechanism (IFAM) has announced the following new and extended flights. Also, all flights are now open 72 hours prior to departure for all freight forwarders to access.

 

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