Tasmanian public health authorities have decided to keep Victoria classed as a high-risk area for coronavirus, meaning travellers from the state would not be permitted to enter unless they were approved as an essential traveller.
Public Health director Mark Veitch said it was the intention to designate Victoria a low-risk area should there not be any new coronavirus cases identified in the next 48 hours.
The Victoria Government on Wednesday made a decision to lift stage-four lockdown restrictions on Victorian residents, reasoning it was now safe to do so.
The five-day lockdown ended at midnight.
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Dr Veitch said people who arrived in Tasmania from Victoria on or after February 12 needed to remain in quarantine until the Victorian risk level changed.
Victoria was sent into a snap lockdown due to an outbreak of coronavirus linked to quarantine hotel the Holiday Inn at Melbourne Airport.
There were 19 cases linked to the outbreak, believed to have been started by a family who had returned from overseas.
Political reporter for Australian Community Media, based in Hobart.
Political reporter for Australian Community Media, based in Hobart.
