Tasmania
Island state of Australia
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Tasmania is an island state of Australia. It is located 240 km (150 mi) to the south of the Australian mainland, separated by Bass Strait. The state encompasses the main island of Tasmania, the 26th-largest island in the world, and the surrounding 334 islands. The state has a population of about 537,000 as of December 2019. Just more than forty percent of the population resides in the Greater Hobart precinct, which forms the metropolitan area of the state capital and largest city, Hobart.
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South Australia is opening its borders to Tasmania, WA and the NTSouth Australia will move early to lift COVID-19 border restrictions with WA, the NT and Tasmania from midnight.SBS - Published | |
3,000 temporary visa holders have taken up Tasmania's coronavirus support paymentTasmania became the first state to offer its 26,000 temporary visa holders a one-off support payment to help with the impacts of COVID-19 - but some say it only goes so far.SBS - Published | |
Elderly Tasmanian man becomes latest coronavirus caseA man in his 70s is the first fresh coronavirus case in Tasmania in a week.SBS - Published | |
Weekend coronavirus testing urged in NSW, Tasmania says will reopen green spaces soonNSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has urged people to come forward for COVID-19 testing over the weekend, while Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein says an outbreak in the state's northwest is now under..SBS - Published | |
Sydney aged care resident and elderly woman in Tasmania die of coronavirusThe 13th resident of a Sydney aged care home has died of coronavirus, while another elderly woman in northwest Tasmania has succumbed to the disease.SBS - Published | |
Two more elderly Australians die of coronavirus, bringing toll to 93The 13th resident of a Sydney aged care home has died of coronavirus, while another elderly woman in northwest Tasmania has succumbed to the disease.SBS - Published | |
Two more virus deaths in northwest TasTwo elderly women have died from coronavirus in northwest Tasmania, bringing the state's toll to 13.SBS - Published | |
Ruby Princess was the 'likely' cause of Tasmania's outbreak, says premierThe Ruby Princess has been described as the "ground zero" for a deadly coronavirus outbreak in northwest Tasmania, as the state confirms a 12th death.SBS - Published | Australia links coronavirus outbreak in remote south to Carnival Corp cruise shipA coronavirus outbreak in Australia's remote southern island state of Tasmania likely originated from the Ruby Princess cruise ship, a government report published on Thursday concluded, as the national..Reuters - Published |
Tasmania records another COVID-19 deathAn 11th person has died of COVID-19 in Tasmania, giving the island state the third highest toll in Australia after NSW and Victoria.SBS - Published | Australians told not to get complacent as virus death toll rises to 80Tasmania has recorded its tenth coronavirus death, bringing fatalities across the nation to 80.SBS - Published |
Tenth virus death in TasmaniaA 90-year-old man has become the tenth person to die from coronavirus in Tasmania, taking the national toll to 80.SBS - Published | Australia’s coronavirus death toll rises to 78 as states look to ramp up testingFollowing another rise in Australia's national coronavirus death toll, Tasmania and New South Wales say they're looking to ramp up testing.SBS - Published |
Tasmania to give cash payments to temporary visa holders affected by coronavirus pandemicTasmania is providing cash payments for temporary visa holders suffering financial hardship as part of a $3 million coronavirus support package.SBS - Published | 74-year-old man dies from coronavirus in Tasmania, bringing state's total to eightA 74-year-old man is the latest coronavirus death in Tasmania, taking the state's total to eight.SBS - Published |
Tas records eighth death from coronavirusA 74-year-old man is the latest coronavirus death in Tasmania, taking the state's total to eight.SBS - Published | Australia's coronavirus death toll rises again after new fatalities in WA, TasmaniaAustralia recorded two more coronavirus deaths on Friday.SBS - Published |
Please Explain podcast: welcome to hotel COVID-19In today's episode of Please Explain, national editor Tory Maguire and health reporter Dana McCauley discuss putting those infected with COVID-19 in hotels and the spread of the virus in Tasmania.The Age - Published | Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy takes back Tasmanian medicos' party claimsThe chief medical officer has walked away from claims medical staff went to an illegal party in Tasmania where a coronavirus cluster has shut hospitals.SBS - Published |
Police probing 'rumour' medical dinner party behind Tasmania virus cluster after Brendan Murphy's commentsPolice are investigating rumours of a dinner party in northwest Tasmania, where a coronavirus cluster has shut hospitals.SBS - Published | Dinner party could be behind Tasmania coronavirus cluster, Brendan Murphy saysPolice are investigating rumours of a dinner party in northwest Tasmania, where a coronavirus cluster has shut hospitals.SBS - Published |
Australia investigates if 'illegal' medical worker dinner party behind coronavirus bumpAustralian officials are investigating whether an illegal social gathering of health workers is behind a spike in coronavirus cases in the island state of Tasmania, as the government forecast national..Reuters - Published | Watch: SBS World News liveTonight on SBS World News, hundreds more Australians arrive home after charger flights from India and Cambodia, mass quarantine in Tasmania and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pays tribute to two..SBS - Published |
Thousands of Tasmanians forced into coronavirus quarantine after two hospital outbreaksTwo Tasmanian hospitals are being shut to enable deep cleaning amid a COVID-19 cluster in the state's northwest, forcing thousands into quarantine.SBS - Published | Two hospitals closed in Tasmania as Australia’s coronavirus deaths reach 59Two hospitals will close and more than 1,000 people will be placed into quarantine in Tasmania, as the national coronavirus death toll rises to 59.SBS - Published |
Australia's coronavirus death toll hits 46 as another Ruby Princess passenger diesAustralia's national coronavirus death toll has risen to 46 after an elderly Tasmanian man who was a passenger aboard the Ruby Princess cruise ship died.SBS - Published | Tasmanian hospital staff positive for coronavirusContract tracing is underway after two staff at a Tasmanian hospital tested positive for coronavirus.SBS - Published |
A second person has died from coronavirus in TasmaniaAn elderly man has become the second person to die from coronavirus in Tasmania.SBS - Published | ACT and Tasmania confirm first coronavirus-related deaths, as Australia-wide cases top 4,000An ACT woman in her 80s and another elderly woman in Tasmania have died after contracting coronavirus, bringing the nation's death toll to 18.SBS - Published |
Alex spent 10 days in silent meditation. Outside, a pandemic was eruptingAustralia had 128 coronavirus cases when Alex Sagal entered 10 days of silent meditation in Tasmania. There were more than 1300 when he turned his phone on again.The Age - Published | Queues at state borders as new restrictions come into forceTasmania and Western Australia have announced further border restrictions as the number of cases in Australia nears 2,000.SBS - Published |
States toughen border controls as national coronavirus tally surpasses 2,000Tasmania and Western Australia have announced further border restrictions as the number of cases in Australia nears 2,000.SBS - Published | 'Do not come': Tasmania announces more restrictions on travellersEntry into Tasmania has been further restricted as the state government ramps up its coronavirus measures.SBS - Published |
Tasmania to quarantine arrivals amid COVID-19 fearsAll non-essential travellers entering Tasmania will be quarantined for two weeks, the premier has announced.SBS - Published | Tasmania closes borders to non-essential travellers amid coronavirus pandemicTasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein says that from midnight Friday, only essential travellers will be allowed into Tasmania without going into quarantine.The Age - Published |
