Queensland to Order Arrivals From Sydney Region into Quarantine

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk (R) attends a press conference at parliament house as Minister Cameron Dick looks on, on March 25, 2020 in Brisbane, Australia. Jono Searle/Getty Images

Queensland will close its border to greater Sydney region amid an outbreak of coronavirus that has reached 70 cases in the New South Wales capital.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says all arrivals from Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast and Illawarra-Shoalhaven will have to go into 14-day quarantine on arrival in Queensland from 1 a.m. on Monday.