Tasmania's borders will remain open to greater Sydney, for now, as Public Health officials continue to closely monitor the situation in NSW.
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However, Premier Peter Gutwein said he would not rule out declaring the entire region of greater Sydney as high risk, with further updates expected on Friday afternoon.
"If there is a need to declare the greater Sydney area as high risk, then we won't hesitate to do so," he said.
"Dr [Mark] Veitch will be attending AHPPC [Australian Health Protection Principal Committee] shortly, and will obviously interact with his colleagues from around the country, but specifically NSW Public Health officials.
"If there is a view formed that we need to take further action, then we will provide and update later today."
It comes after news that NSW will enforce a lockdown for four Sydney council areas as the state records 22 new local cases of COVID-19.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian presented the numbers on Friday morning after a crisis meeting to review the growing amount of cases across the state.
Tasmania's Public Health Director Dr Mark Veitch warned Tasmanians shouldn't be alarmed by the numbers coming out of NSW, or assume borders would be shut unnecessarily.
"We need to envisage a future where we are not closing borders to unrealised risk," he said.
"We really have to deal with risk that is there, the evidence that we get from looking at the cases, the exposure sites, the circumstances of the cases ... we make our decisions on those bases.
"We need to be a little bit careful not to be over precautionary, when there isn't the evidence to support particular actions."
Mr Gutwein said Tasmania had this week continued to respond "swiftly and proportionately" to the latest COVID cases identified up and down the Eastern seaboard.
"While it's disappointing for many that travel restrictions remain ... the high transmissibly of some of the COVID strains remains very concerning," he said.
"Until we have enough people vaccinated, we must continue to use the necessary measures to ensure we can protect our community.
"I think most people are starting to accept this ... plans for travel can be affected quickly."
Seven LGAs in NSW are high-risk to Tasmania.
They are: City of Sydney; Waverley, Woollahra, Bayside, Canada Bay, Inner West and Randwick.
A number of premises in Victoria, Queensland, the ACT and New Zealand have also been declared high-risk to Tasmania.
A full list of high risk locations can be found here.
Travellers who have spent time at a high-risk location at the specified dates and times will not be permitted to travel to Tasmania.
Tasmania's COVID vaccine roll-out
Providing an update on Friday afternoon, State Health Commander Kathrine Morgan-Wicks said the state had reached several new milestones as the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out reached the end of its 17th week.
More than 202,000 doses have so far been delivered in Tasmania, with more than a third of Tasmanians having received their first dose.
In the coming 11 weeks, more than 90,000 Tasmanians are expected to receive their second dose of AstraZeneca.
Over 66 per cent of Tasmanians aged 70 and over have received their first dose, with some 11 per cent now fully vaccinated.
Ms Morgan-Wicks said in the past week, Public Health had focused on moving 1385 appointments for 50 to 59-year-olds who were booked in to receive the first dose of AstraZeneca, and needed to be moved to a Pfizer clinic following revised advise.
"This work has been completed, and all of those people now have new Pfizer appointments," she said.
A new community clinic has also been established at Invermay to deliver second doses of AstraZeneca.
Ms Morgan-Wicks said this clinic would also start delivering Pfizer on select days from early July, with a Pfizer clinic to be held at Scottsdale on July 4 and 5 for eligible 16 to 59-year-olds.
Public Health are also putting the finishing touches on a clinic for people who need extra support, due to be opened in early July.
"This clinic will target people living with a disability, disability support workers, NDIS recipients and their carers, as well as those living with mental illnesses or people who may have anxiety about medical procedures," Ms Morgan-Wicks said.
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