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The NRL will place State of Origin players back in a biosecurity bubble to ensure Game II can go ahead in Brisbane on Sunday, after retrospective stay-at-home orders were issued for several parts of Sydney.

Queensland Health on Friday announced any arrivals who had been in four coronavirus-affected Sydney local government areas (LGAs) since June 11 must quarantine from 1am on Saturday.

That had an immediate impact on Origin, with the retrospective orders pre-dating when NSW left for their training camp just south of the Queensland border in Kingscliff on Monday.

James Tedesco, Latrell Mitchell, Damien Cook, Cameron Murray, Angus Crichton all play for clubs in the Sydney LGA.

Queensland forward Jai Arrow is another to fit that category, and would have been at South Sydney training at Redfern since June 11.

As a result the NRL has implemented the same level-three restrictions the game was played under at the end of last year, with clean and dirty zones in the stadium

"We are dealing with the Queensland government and adapting to their change in protocol," ARL Commission chairman Peter V'landys told AAP.

"We are confident of the outcomes. The Queensland government has been extremely professional with us and cooperative.

"We will continue to work with them. We don't believe there is any problem with the game."

V'landys and NRL staff were set to fly home before the orders come into place, with their office at Moore Park situated inside the City of Sydney LGA.

The Blues are already without doctors Nathan Gibbs and Paul Arnett and physio Travis Touma after they were unable to enter Queensland from the hotspot areas.

It is unclear what the ban on people who live or have visited Sydney, Randwick, Waverley or Woollahra LGAs since June 11 will have on key production and match-day staff.

The changes come after players in Sydney were placed into level-three restrictions earlier in the week in a bid to avoid any major disruptions to NRL games in the city during the outbreak.

Origin III is still scheduled for ANZ Stadium on July 14, however, attention will likely turn to that next.

There are still four games planned for Sydney next week, after the Sydney Roosters moved their clash with Melbourne to Newcastle.

Remaining games are likely to be played with 50 per cent crowds at best, with that order extended until next Friday at least.

Meanwhile, the only international of the weekend - a clash between Lebanon and Malta at Belmore on Saturday - has also been postponed.

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A virus-infected Melbourne couple whose road-trip sparked a COVID scare in two states have been fined by NSW Police.

The couple, aged in their 40s, left their Melbourne home during a lockdown and travelled through regional NSW to Queensland.

The pair visited more than a dozen venues in NSW over four days, before they tested positive after their arrival in Queensland on June 5.

NSW did not shut its border with Victoria, but any travellers from the state were supposed to abide by the lockdown rules even in NSW.

NSW Police on Friday said the pair had visited various businesses deemed 'essential services', including retail stores, food outlets, and service stations.

But they had also attended the Reading Cinemas in Dubbo on June 2 - a non-essential activity - and would be fined $1000 each.

The pair were also fined $4000 each by Queensland Police earlier this month, for providing false information on their border declarations.

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Authorities are urgently trying to determine if any Australians were caught up in a horrifying building collapse in Florida amid reports a couple from Melbourne is missing.

Rescue crews are searching for survivors after an entire side of the 12-storey building in the Miami community of Surfside gave way while residents were asleep. At least one person is dead and about 100 are missing.

Joseph Waks believes an elderly Australian couple he's known for many years was in the building at the time.

He has not heard from them since the collapse and has been waiting at the scene for updates from police.

"We're hoping for the best, we're hoping there'll be a miracle," he has told the ABC.

He said the couple was originally from Sydney but later moved to Melbourne and divided their time between Australia and Miami, where they have family.

"They have been in and out of this community for many, many years," he said.

"It's devastating. They both became grandparents yet again a few hours before the tragedy. We still cannot believe it."

Danny Rivero, a reporter from National Public Radio in South Florida, tweeted on Friday: "We've been told many Argentinians and Australians were in the building as well, and that all are unaccounted for. This is an international disaster."

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said it was aware of reports Australians may have been caught up in the disaster at the Champlain Tower South Condominium.

"The Australian embassy in Washington is closely monitoring developments and making urgent enquiries to determine if any Australians were affected," it said.

Surfside is a community of 5700 residents with a large Jewish presence.

The Australian Jewish Association has been in contact with a committee member who is in Miami, staying near the collapsed building.

There are no reports so far of any Australian Jews being caught up in the disaster, a spokesman for the association told AAP.

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