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NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has pleaded with Tasmanian officials to let a Sydney woman into the state to see her dying mother who has just 48 hours to live.
Mercedes Maguire, 48, was told she must quarantine for 14 days before seeing her mother Teresa Florez, 90, in Hobart after officials refused a request for a travel exemption.
Her mother is in the final stages of her battle with dementia and can no longer eat or drink, but health officials fear Ms Maguire is a high-risk for Covid transmission because she is travelling from Sydney.
The journalist told Daily Mail Australia it was heartbreaking to think she and her three siblings from NSW may not at be their mother's side as she takes her final breaths.
Mercedes Maguire has been told she must spend 14 days in hotel quarantine before seeing her dying mother Teresa Florez - who has just days to live
'When we were told she was in palliative care last Thursday we started making plans to get down there - but that's when we hit a brick wall,' she said.
'We applied for an exemption on
