STAYING at home mightn't be an easy thing to do amid the coronavirus restrictions, but it is having an impact on the number of new COVID-19 cases, health authorities say.
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Legislation requires people stay at home unless they have a reasonable excuse, such as: going to work (where you can't work remotely), going to school or an educational institution, to shop for food or essentials, to get medical care or supplies, or to exercise.
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Other reasonable excuse, include:
- Avoid injury or illness or escape a risk of harm
- Deal with emergencies or on compassionate grounds
- Access childcare
- Provide care or assistance (including personal care) to a vulnerable person or to provide emergency assistance
- Attend a wedding (limited to a total of five people) or funeral (limited to a total of 10 people, excluding the person/s necessary to conduct the funeral e.g. funeral director)
- Move to a new place of residence, or between your different places of residence (a holiday is not an acceptable reason)
- Donate blood
- Undertake legal obligations
- Access social services, employment services, services provided to victims (including as victims of crime), domestic violence services, and mental health services
- Continue existing arrangements for access to, and contact between, parents and children for children who do not live in the same household as their parents or one of their parents
- If you are a priest, minister of religion or member of a religious order, go to a place of worship or to provide pastoral care.
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Nadine Morton
Nadine Morton covers emergency services and breaking news for the Illawarra Mercury. She takes pride in regional journalism which she believes is crucial to informing our towns and cities. Have a story? Email her at nadine.morton@austcommunitymedia.com.au
Nadine Morton covers emergency services and breaking news for the Illawarra Mercury. She takes pride in regional journalism which she believes is crucial to informing our towns and cities. Have a story? Email her at nadine.morton@austcommunitymedia.com.au
