Stay-at-home orders for Orange, Blayney and Cabonne LGAs

Following updated health advice from the Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant about the growing risk to the community, stay-at-home orders are now in place and apply to all people who live or stay in the Orange City Council, Blayney Shire Council, and Cabonne Shire Council areas, or have been there on or after Saturday July 17. The new restrictions were introduced from 12.01am Wednesday July 21 and will apply until 12.01am Wednesday July 28.

Everyone in these areas must stay at home unless it is for an essential reason, which includes;

The reasons you may leave your home include:

  • Shopping for food or other essential goods and services;
  • Medical care or compassionate needs (people can leave home to have a COVID-19 vaccination unless you have been identified as a close contact);
  • Exercise outdoors in groups of 2 or fewer (unless members of the same household);
  • Work, or education, where you cannot work or study from home.
  • To attend a wedding or a funeral (but only during the grace period, which ends at 12:01am on Friday 23 July 2021). After this date, funerals will be limited to ten people.

Other important points from the Public Health Order;

  • Masks must be worn indoors (not including the home) and in outdoor settings where you cannot socially distance from others (e.g. while queuing for takeaway).
  • A person outside of the affected LGAs must not, without reasonable excuse, enter the affected LGAs – work that cannot be done from home is a reasonable excuse.
  • Persons leaving or travelling to and from the LGAs need to carry evidence showing their address and to show that evidence to police if required.
  • The stay-at-home direction does not apply to persons who travel through the LGAs but do not exit the vehicle.

COVID-19 testing clinics are open at Bathurst, Orange, Parkes, Blayney and Molong.

The government and health experts will continue to monitor the situation closely and provide updated information and advice.

We understand this is a difficult time for the community and appreciate their ongoing patience. It is vital people continue to come forward for testing to help us find any COVID-19 cases in the community.

For more information please visit the NSW government page.