From 1.00am on Saturday August 1st, residents from 34 local government areas of Greater Sydney will be effectively banned from entering Queensland, after the QLD government deemed them COVID-19 hotspots today.

The new border restrictions are an extension of last week’s ban on the City of Fairfield in response to a slowly growing number of coronavirus cases in the Sydney area, including clusters at the Crossroads Hotel and Thai Rock restaurant, and new cases in the eastern Sydney suburb of Potts Point.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the border closure would apply to all of greater Sydney from 1.00am on Saturday August 1st, including the outlying areas of the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Campbelltown and Sutherland shire.

This follows news of two female travellers in Queensland who tested positive for COVID-19, after they provided misleading information to authorities about a recent trip to Victoria, which allowed them to avoid mandatory quarantine restrictions.

The full list of areas currently considered to be COVID-19 hotspots in New South Wales includes:

Bayside
Blacktown City
Blue Mountains City
Burwood
Camden
Campbelltown City
Canada Bay City
Canterbury-Bankstown
Central Coast
Cumberland
Fairfield City
Georges River
Hawkesbury City
Hornsby Shire
Hunter’s Hill Municipality
Inner West
Ku-ring-gai
Lane Cove Municipality
Liverpool City
Mosman Municipality
North Sydney
Northern Beaches
Parramatta City
Penrith City
Randwick City
Ryde City
Strathfield Municipality
Sutherland Shire
Sydney City
The Hills Shire
Waverley
Willoughby City
Wollondilly Shire
Woollahra City

Residents of the above Sydney areas will not be allowed into Queensland and those attempting to pass should expect to be turned around at the QLD border.

You can stay up-to-date on all the changing restrictions and border closures with this live map, which shows you where you can and can’t travel.