A Victorian man has been charged after travelling to Hobart from Brisbane while positive with COVID19 causing a three day lockdown.
Tim Gunn, who escaped hotel quarantine, was found by police after being within the community for 24 hours and been charged with two counts of failing to comply with the lawful direction of an emergency management worker, two counts of knowingly providing false or misleading information, 16 counts of breaching a nationally recognised domestic violence order and one count of "possessing thing used for the administration of a controlled drug"
This is the third case for Tasmania, with contact tracers urgently working to mitigate further cases.