Tasmania has closed of two entire hospitals forcing 1,000 staff and their households into quarantine due to the coronavirus.
Premier Peter Gutwein, Tasmania's head of government, announced the closures in a bid to stamp out coronavirus in the north west of the island.
North West Regional Hospital (NWRH) and North West Private (NWP) will go into complete shut down, placing more than 1,000 people into quarantine in the port city of Burnie.
The two-week closure will begin at 7am Australian time on Easter Monday when a comprehensive deep clean will be carried out at both hospitals.