NSW COVID lockdown sees return to restrictions on farm businesses, saleyards, trucking and events
ABCKey industries across regional New South Wales are re-imposing strict coronavirus protocols as the state manages another outbreak. Key points: Rural industries reinstate COVID-safe protocols as New South Wales works to test and trace the Sydney outbreak Many saleyards will restrict access to essential workers, COVID swabbing has resumed for truck drivers on key routes Farmers supplying Sydney restaurants have lost their main market Livestock saleyards implemented stricter COVID protocols after the two-week lockdown for Greater Sydney, Wollongong, Blue Mountains and Central Coast started on the weekend. The Regional Transport and Roads Minister, Paul Toole, said freight workers can now get tested along key transport routes including at Forbes on the Newell Highway, Taree on the Pacific Highway, Narrabarba on the Princes Highway, Tarcutta on the Hume Freeway and Narrandera on the Sturt Highway. Restaurant trade gone 'straight away' The snap two-week lockdown of Greater Sydney has meant farmers who supply the restaurant trade have been forced to redirect produce.
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