Media release – Dr Mark Veitch, Director of Public Health, 23 June, 2021
COVID-19 update – NSW
Seven Local Government Areas in Sydney will today be declared high risk by the Tasmanian Director of Public Health.
The LGAs of City of Sydney, Randwick, Inner West, Woollahra, Waverley, Canada Bay, and Bayside will be high-risk areas from 4pm today, Wednesday 23 June 2021.
Anyone who has been in these high-risk LGAs on or since 11 June 2021 will not be allowed to enter Tasmania unless approved by the Deputy State Controller.
Tasmanians returning home who have been in any of these high-risk LGAs will be required to quarantine for 14 days at a suitable premises.
Transit through high-risk local government areas directly to the airport is permissible under existing arrangements.
Anyone other than returning Tasmanians who have been in any of these LGAs since 11 June will not be permitted to enter Tasmania from 4pm today unless granted essential traveller status.
People now in Tasmania who have been in New South Wales on or since 11 June should monitor the list of specific premises classified as high-risk, which is available at coronavirus.tas.gov.au/
Anyone now in Tasmania who has been in New South Wales on or since 11 June must monitor themselves for any cold or flu-like symptoms.
Anyone in Tasmania with cold or flu-like symptoms, even mild, must immediately self-isolate and contact the Public Health Hotline 1800 671 738 to arrange a COVID-19 test.
Visit www.coronavirus.tas.gov.au for the latest Tasmanian information.
Media release – Department of Health, 23 June, 2021
105 year-old gets her COVID-19 jab
Hobart woman Jean Hutton will become possibly the oldest Australian to get the AstraZeneca vaccination on Wednesday at a Department of Health community clinic in Rosny.
The 105-year-old survived the 1918 Spanish Flu and has decided the best thing she can do during this pandemic is to be vaccinated against COVID-19. It will be her first dose.
“I feel it is the right thing to do for the community,” Mrs Hutton said.
“I get a lot of visitors in my home and the vaccination will help keep everybody safe.”
The third-generation Tasmanian lives independently in Hobart where she’s been most of her life, apart from some time on Bruny Island.
Her daughter Lynne said her mum had embraced and coped with change all her life.
As an example, this winter is her first with a heat pump for warmth, having chopped her own firewood until this year despite deteriorating vision.
“I’m surprised she’s still got 10 fingers,” her daughter Lynne said.
Mrs Hutton was born a twin but sadly her birth-sister died at nine months of age. Her timber-mill working father lived to the age of 89 years and her mother to 93 years.
Department of Health Deputy Secretary Dale Webster congratulated Mrs Hutton for rolling up her sleeve to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
“Mrs Hutton has set the example for every one of us to follow and get vaccinated. If she can do it, then everyone else who is eligible for a vaccine can do it too.”
“Without doubt Mrs Hutton is a very special Tasmanian, and I’m pleased she’s getting vaccinated, not just for herself but to help protect her family and friends. Her actions her today are to be commended,” Mr Webster said.
