Tasmania's borders will reopen to COVID-safe jurisdictions from October 26, Premier Peter Gutwein announced on Friday afternoon.
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Mr Gutwein said a COVID-safe jurisdiction was defined as one with either no or a low number of controlled coronavirus cases and one with no evidence of community transmission.
This means that borders would be reopened to South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland, the Northern Territory and the ACT.
New South Wales has had no locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 for the past seven days.
Mr Gutwein said further work would be undertaken by Public Health and the state controller as to whether Tasmania should be reopened to this state.
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He said a daily update on the pandemic nationwide provided to him on Sunday revealed the best results over the past six months.
"That filled me with great heart that the country is getting on top of this significant challenge," Mr Gutwein said.
He said border restrictions would keep in place if there was an unacceptable risk of having a potential coronavirus case enter the state.
Mr Gutwein said he would provide an update on the state's readiness for border relaxation and COVID safety plans on October 11.
Political reporter for Australian Community Media, based in Hobart.
Political reporter for Australian Community Media, based in Hobart.
