Following health authorities confirming that a positive COVID-19 case from Victoria travelled to the NSW south coast and Goulburn areas, Racing NSW requires if any person has been to the venues listed below, to follow NSW Health Orders and get test and self-isolate until they return a negative result.
Racing NSW has implemented the following COVID-19 protocols in respect to persons and horses travelling from Victoria, in response to the significant number of places of high concern (tier 1) and concern (tier 2) released by the Victorian Government and the continuing positive COVID-19 cases.
Any person that has been to the venues listed here during the relevant times must not attended a NSW racecourse or licensed premises until further notice and at a minimum will be required to provide Racing NSW with a negative COVID-19 test result.
The NSW Government announced today that one person had tested positive to COVID-19 this morning. The person is from Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs.
Latest COVID-19 Update for the NSW Racing Industry.
Accordingly, any person who has travelled to Australia and has been in a New Zealand COVID-19 Hotspot in the 14 days prior to their arrival in NSW, must adhere to the above orders and not attend a NSW racecourse or licensed premises until they have completed the quarantine period and have provided Racing NSW with a negative COVID-19 test result in writing at day 16 of their quarantine period.
As those Government restrictions cease at midnight tonight 17 February 2021, Racing NSW lifts the directions that applied generally in respect of persons that had
been in Victoria on or since 29 January 2021 and advises that there is no requirement to self-isolate or get tested on return to NSW, other than for those persons who have attended Victorian exposure sites during the relevant periods detailed.
Following the Victorian Government introducing lockdown orders effective from 12:01am on 13 February 2021 until 11:59pm 17 February 2021, and the NSW Government response to the lockdown orders, Racing NSW has taken expert advice in respect to attendance at NSW racecourses and licensed premises.
The NSW Government has ordered that any person who has entered NSW from Victoria since 29 January 2021 must comply with the Victorian lockdown orders and remain at their place of residence for 5 days effective 11:59pm 12 February 2021.
