Australia's Largest City Sydney Locks Down For A Third Week
3 years, 6 months ago

Australia's Largest City Sydney Locks Down For A Third Week

NPR  

Australia's Largest City Sydney Locks Down For A Third Week Enlarge this image toggle caption Rick Rycroft/AP Rick Rycroft/AP CANBERRA, Australia — Sydney's two-week lockdown has been extended for another week due to the vulnerability of an Australia population largely unvaccinated against COVID-19, officials said on Wednesday. "The situation we're in now is largely because we haven't been able to get the vaccine that we need," New South Wales state Health Minister Brad Hazzard said. Sponsor Message The extension of the lockdown, which covers Australia's largest city and some nearby communities, means most children will not return to school next week following their midyear break. Last week, almost half Australia's population was locked down with cities on the east, west and north coasts tightening pandemic restrictions due to clusters.

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Australia fully reopens borders shut by Covid pandemic, welcomes back tourists
2 years, 10 months ago

Australia fully reopens borders shut by Covid pandemic, welcomes back tourists

India Today  

Australia on Monday fully reopened its international borders to travellers vaccinated against the coronavirus after nearly two years of being shut in the pandemic as tourists returned and hundreds of people were reunited with family and friends. "It is a party out here, music playing, smiles on people's faces, they will be dancing soon, I'm sure," Tourism Minister Dan Tehan …

More than 200 local COVID-19 cases recorded in Western Australia as new restrictions begin
2 years, 10 months ago

More than 200 local COVID-19 cases recorded in Western Australia as new restrictions begin

ABC  

Western Australia has recorded another 213 locally acquired cases of COVID-19 as new health restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the virus kick in. Key points: More COVID-19 cases are expected in WA's remote Mantamaru community More COVID-19 cases are expected in WA's remote Mantamaru community The state has adopted capacity limits and expanded mask-wearing rules The state has …

Baby with COVID-19 dies in South Australia, state records 1,374 new cases
3 years ago

Baby with COVID-19 dies in South Australia, state records 1,374 new cases

ABC  

A COVID-positive child under the age of two has died in South Australia. Key points: A child under the age of two who was COVID-positive has died South Australia has recorded 1,374 new cases of COVID-19 There are still 37 patients in hospital, including four in intensive care Premier Steven Marshall said the case will be referred to the coroner, …

Australia Covid-19: Scott Morrison rules out new lockdowns despite rising cases and Omicron fears
3 years ago

Australia Covid-19: Scott Morrison rules out new lockdowns despite rising cases and Omicron fears

CNN  

CNN — For two years, Australia avoided the worst of the coronavirus pandemic thanks to strict border controls and prolonged lockdowns. On Tuesday, the country’s most populous state reported its highest new daily caseload of the pandemic, and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison called an emergency National Cabinet meeting to discuss the rising infections. The World Health Organization said on …

Covid-19 travel: Sydney to further ease curbs on Monday as vaccinations pick up
3 years, 2 months ago

Covid-19 travel: Sydney to further ease curbs on Monday as vaccinations pick up

Hindustan Times  

Australia's largest city of Sydney will further ease social distancing curbs on Monday, a month after emerging from a coronavirus lockdown that lasted nearly 100 days, as close to 90% of people have got both doses of vaccine, officials said. Patrons dine-in at a bar by the harbour in the wake of coronavirus disease regulations easing, following an extended lockdown …

Melbourne reopens as world's most locked-down city eases COVID-19 curbs
3 years, 2 months ago

Melbourne reopens as world's most locked-down city eases COVID-19 curbs

Firstpost  

The second biggest city in Australia spent more than 260 days under lockdown since the beginning of the pandemic Melbourne: Melbourne reopened on Friday after enduring one of the world’s most prolonged series of lockdowns, with relieved residents toasting their freedom in bars and restaurants or queuing for desperately needed haircuts. “As my kids say — there’s a big vibe …

Sydney to end COVID-19 quarantine for international travellers
3 years, 2 months ago

Sydney to end COVID-19 quarantine for international travellers

Live Mint  

Sydney will end its COVID-19 quarantine for fully vaccinated international travellers from Nov. 1, New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet said on Friday, foreshadowing the full return of overseas travel after more than 19 months. The federal government's reopening plans unveiled in July proposed abolishing caps on returning vaccinated Australians and a gradual reopening of international travel with safe countries …

Sydney embraces freedom as Melbourne's lockdown becomes world's longest with 253 days
3 years, 2 months ago

Sydney embraces freedom as Melbourne's lockdown becomes world's longest with 253 days

Daily Mail  

Jubilant Aussies have flocked to Sydney's bars and restaurants to celebrate 'freedom' from Covid restrictions - in sharp contrast to Melbourne which is still in the midst of the world's longest lockdown. The streets of Melbourne, Victoria, remain empty and quiet as the state remains under harsh lockdown measures Sydneysiders are now making the most of their newfound freedoms by …

Coronavirus Australia: Your guide to NSW Freedom Day as millions are lifted from lockdown
3 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus Australia: Your guide to NSW Freedom Day as millions are lifted from lockdown

Daily Mail  

Millions of fully vaccinated Australians can finally return to work and travel beyond five kilometres after 106 long days in lockdown. Going to the pub, dining out, getting a haircut, seeing a movie at the cinema and heading to the gym are some of the activities fully vaccinated residents can enjoy again under the NSW roadmap. Children can enjoy a …

How a COVID-19 outbreak changed Sydney — and the key moments that led to lockdown being lifted
3 years, 3 months ago

How a COVID-19 outbreak changed Sydney — and the key moments that led to lockdown being lifted

ABC  

Four months ago, people in NSW were enjoying COVID zero — dancing in bars, eating in restaurants, working in offices and learning in schools. Authorities identified lower vaccination rates, limited access to health infrastructure and a higher proportion of vulnerable people, including Indigenous communities, as reasons an outbreak in western NSW was cause for particular concern. While rates of immunisation …

Covid-19: Australia to lift international travel ban after 18 months in November
3 years, 3 months ago

Covid-19: Australia to lift international travel ban after 18 months in November

India Today  

Australia has outlined plans to lift a pandemic ban on its vaccinated citizens travelling overseas from November. Travel restrictions that have trapped most Australians and permanent residents at home over the past 18 months would be removed when 80 per cent of the population aged 16 and older is fully vaccinated, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday. New South …

Melbourne Cases Linger Near Record Levels as Australia Hits Vaccine Milestone
3 years, 3 months ago

Melbourne Cases Linger Near Record Levels as Australia Hits Vaccine Milestone

News 18  

COVID-19 infections in Australia's Victoria state hovered near record levels on Friday as authorities stepped up the pace of vaccinations in hopes of easing restrictions with more than half the country's adult population fully vaccinated. Australia is grappling with a third wave of infections from the highly infectious Delta variant that has led to lockdowns in its two largest cities, …

New Zealand, Australia travel bubble suspended as COVID continues
3 years, 3 months ago

New Zealand, Australia travel bubble suspended as COVID continues

Al Jazeera  

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the country is within sight of eliminating Delta but travel restrictions to Australia extended until November. New Zealand has suspended quarantine-free travel with Australia for a further eight weeks, extending a halt in the so-called travel bubble between both countries, as they deal with fresh outbreaks of the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus. New …

New Zealand extends lockdown in virus-hit Auckland
3 years, 3 months ago

New Zealand extends lockdown in virus-hit Auckland

Deccan Chronicle  

WELLINGTON: New Zealand's largest city of Auckland will remain in strict Covid-19 lockdown for at least another week as a Delta variant outbreak "rumbles along", Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday. Ardern said the city's two million residents needed to abide by stay-at-home orders because of the emergence of several "mystery cases" which had not yet been linked to existing …

Covid-19 Australia: Victoria's coronavirus crisis worsens as 246 new cases are recorded
3 years, 4 months ago

Covid-19 Australia: Victoria's coronavirus crisis worsens as 246 new cases are recorded

Daily Mail  

Victoria recorded 246 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday - one more than Monday's figure - as the state rushes to vaccinate its Year 12 students before their end-of-year exams begin. Charlotte Sherlock, a Year 12 student at Brunswick Secondary College, rolled up her sleeve on Monday at the newly relocated Melbourne Museum vaccination site to promote the blitz. Only 90 …

Delta variant outbreak threatens Singapore’s ‘living with Covid’ model
3 years, 4 months ago

Delta variant outbreak threatens Singapore’s ‘living with Covid’ model

CNN  

CNN — Singapore has warned it may need to reimpose Covid-19 restrictions if a new outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant is not contained, putting at risk the city’s shift towards living with the virus. The number of new Covid-19 infections in Singapore doubled in the past week, according to the country’s Ministry of Health, rising to more than …

With COVID cases growing, Melbourne is following in Sydney's footsteps, but at what speed?
3 years, 4 months ago

With COVID cases growing, Melbourne is following in Sydney's footsteps, but at what speed?

ABC  

With Australia's third wave settling in, this week we saw Victoria follow in New South Wales' footsteps down two paths — much to the state's chagrin. But most cases — 335 in total — fit into the "other" category, which a health department spokesman said included sporting venues, family and social gatherings, places of worship and transport. As federal Health …

National Cabinet considers how to deal with an influx of COVID-19 patients, with hospitals already straining
3 years, 4 months ago

National Cabinet considers how to deal with an influx of COVID-19 patients, with hospitals already straining

ABC  

There's something Mark McGowan would rather not talk about. Mr McGowan has conceded the system is under pressure but said "hundreds" of aged and disability care patients were occupying hospital beds because the federal government had failed to fund enough beds for them elsewhere. The Delta outbreak in New South Wales is putting enormous strain on the state's health system, …

Canberra's lockdown extended for two weeks as ACT records 13 new cases of COVID-19
3 years, 4 months ago

Canberra's lockdown extended for two weeks as ACT records 13 new cases of COVID-19

ABC  

Canberra's lockdown has been extended for two weeks after the territory recorded 13 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19. Key points: The ACT's lockdown has been extended for two weeks until September 17 The ACT's lockdown has been extended for two weeks until September 17 At least eight of the newly announced cases were infectious while in the community At …

Australia reports record Covid-19 cases as Sydney hospitals set up emergency tents
3 years, 4 months ago

Australia reports record Covid-19 cases as Sydney hospitals set up emergency tents

CNN  

Australia’s new daily cases of Covid-19 topped 1,000 on Thursday for the first time since the global pandemic began, as two major hospitals in Sydney set up emergency outdoor tents to help deal with a rise in patients. The rapid rise in Covid-19 patients has forced Sydney’s Westmead and Blacktown hospitals, which service the city’s sprawling western suburbs, to erect …

Australia COVID-19 panel backs reopening plans amid Delta surge
3 years, 4 months ago

Australia COVID-19 panel backs reopening plans amid Delta surge

Al Jazeera  

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says ‘forever’ lockdowns will do more harm than good to the country, even as he acknowledges concern about infections. Australia can proceed with its reopening plans when the country reaches 70 to 80 percent vaccination levels, the government’s pandemic modelling adviser said, even as some states hinted they may not ease border curbs if Sydney fails …

Lockdowns or vaccines? 3 Pacific nations try diverging paths
3 years, 4 months ago

Lockdowns or vaccines? 3 Pacific nations try diverging paths

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The discovery of a single local COVID-19 case in …

COVID: Sydney lockdown extended, masks required outside
3 years, 4 months ago

COVID: Sydney lockdown extended, masks required outside

India TV News  

A lockdown in Australia’s largest city was extended throughout September and tougher measures to curb the coronavirus’s delta variant were imposed Friday, including a curfew and a mask mandate outdoors. New South Wales state, which includes Sydney, reported 642 locally acquired infections in the latest 24-hour period, the fourth consecutive day of tallies exceeding 600. Elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific region: …

Sydney extends Covid-19 lockdown until September-end; night curfew in some areas
3 years, 4 months ago

Sydney extends Covid-19 lockdown until September-end; night curfew in some areas

Live Mint  

SYDNEY: Australian authorities on Friday extended a COVID-19 lockdown in Sydney until the end of September and introduced a night curfew in the city's worst-affected suburbs, after nearly two months of curbs failed to contain an outbreak of the Delta variant. New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian also announced the city's 5 million residents must wear a mask as soon …

Indigenous leaders call for higher vaccination thresholds as COVID Delta threat rises for Aboriginal population
3 years, 4 months ago

Indigenous leaders call for higher vaccination thresholds as COVID Delta threat rises for Aboriginal population

ABC  

Indigenous leaders and social service groups fear the national vaccination target of 80 per cent might not be high enough to protect vulnerable communities from the Delta variant if restrictions were to be eased. Key points: The federal government has set vaccination targets of 70 per cent and 80 per cent before easing restrictions The federal government has set vaccination …

Sydney lockdown extended for one month as NSW records 644 COVID-19 cases, four deaths
3 years, 4 months ago

Sydney lockdown extended for one month as NSW records 644 COVID-19 cases, four deaths

ABC  

Greater Sydney's COVID-19 lockdown has been extended until the end of September and a raft of new restrictions — including a curfew — will be introduced after NSW recorded 644 new infections. Key points: People in NSW will have to wear masks while outside in NSW, unless they're exercising People in NSW will have to wear masks while outside in …

NSW records 681 new COVID-19 cases and another death as regional lockdown extended
3 years, 4 months ago

NSW records 681 new COVID-19 cases and another death as regional lockdown extended

ABC  

Premier Gladys Berejiklian says NSW is "learning to live" with the Delta strain as she confirmed 681 new COVID-19 cases, the highest number the state has recorded in a day. Key points: Regional lockdown has been extended until August 28, in line with Greater Sydney Regional lockdown has been extended until August 28, in line with Greater Sydney Wilcannia, in …

Melbourne marks 200 days of COVID-19 lockdowns since the pandemic began
3 years, 4 months ago

Melbourne marks 200 days of COVID-19 lockdowns since the pandemic began

ABC  

Thursday night marked an unpleasant milestone for Melburnians — the 200th day lived under lockdown restrictions. Lockdown One: 43 days BEGAN: March 30, 11:59pm ENDED: May 12, 11:59pm The local cases recorded each day It's here that we got our first taste of the restrictions that have defined 2020 and 2021. Lockdown Two: 111 days BEGAN: July 8, 11:59pm ENDED: …

Coronavirus in New Zealand: Country locks down as number of Delta cases jumps to seven
3 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus in New Zealand: Country locks down as number of Delta cases jumps to seven

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy New Zealand has now reported …

Coronavirus Australia: New Zealand plunged into three-day lockdown over one case
3 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus Australia: New Zealand plunged into three-day lockdown over one case

Daily Mail  

New Zealand has been plunged into a snap lockdown after a single mystery Covid case was found in Auckland, the nation's first locally-acquired case since February. New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern has announced the country will go into lockdown from 11.59pm Tuesday New Zealand and Australia have seen very few Covid cases per capita, one of the benefits of pursuing …

COVID-19 latest news: New South Wales records 452 cases, Victoria reports 24 during Melbourne's extended lockdown
3 years, 4 months ago

COVID-19 latest news: New South Wales records 452 cases, Victoria reports 24 during Melbourne's extended lockdown

ABC  

It's another big day of coronavirus news across Australia, so let's quickly bring you up to speed on what you need to know. Here's how today's stats break down: 129 were linked to a known case or cluster The sources of the other 323 are still being investigated 30 cases were infectious in the community 24 were in isolation for …

Melbourne's sixth COVID lockdown extension cuts deep as community deals with cumulative effect
3 years, 4 months ago

Melbourne's sixth COVID lockdown extension cuts deep as community deals with cumulative effect

ABC  

Melburnians are waking to two more weeks of being in lockdown — and this time it will be a tighter, stricter affair, with the police promising to crack down on anyone who breaks or bends the rules. "In Melbourne … in the second wave, people did that very successfully," Professor Hickie said. "We're now faced with the stark reality of …

Coronavirus Australia: 80% of NSW in lockdown after Covid escaped Sydney with police given new power
3 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus Australia: 80% of NSW in lockdown after Covid escaped Sydney with police given new power

Daily Mail  

Sydney's Covid crisis is now a reality for 80 per cent of people living across New South Wales, with 6.6 million in the state under lockdown. 80 per cent of people in New South Wales live in the locked down regions highlighted in red Police have been given greater powers to crack down on Covid rule-breakers amid fears people are …

Covid NSW: Huge changes coming to Sydney's lockdown as police are granted more powers
3 years, 4 months ago

Covid NSW: Huge changes coming to Sydney's lockdown as police are granted more powers

Daily Mail  

Sweeping changes are coming to Sydney's lockdown as police are given 48 hours to redraft the public health orders to bring the city's spiralling Covid crisis under control. THE CHANGES COMING TO SYDNEY'S LOCKDOWN A ban on Sydneysiders travelling to second residences intrastate Greater policing powers to ensure compliance within singles bubbles More ADF troops deployed across the city to …

NSW records 283 new COVID-19 cases, another death as Tamworth, Byron Bay go into lockdown
3 years, 5 months ago

NSW records 283 new COVID-19 cases, another death as Tamworth, Byron Bay go into lockdown

ABC  

Tamworth and Byron Bay have been put into lockdown as NSW records 283 new COVID cases and another death. Key points: A Sydney man travelled to Byron Bay while infectious A Sydney man travelled to Byron Bay while infectious NSW recorded its 29th death during the Delta outbreak NSW recorded its 29th death during the Delta outbreak There are currently …

Delta variant creates new COVID danger in Australia, as early data suggests it is more severe and more transmissible
3 years, 5 months ago

Delta variant creates new COVID danger in Australia, as early data suggests it is more severe and more transmissible

ABC  

Health experts are preparing for a "nightmare scenario" in Australia, with early data from both overseas examples and the local outbreak showing the Delta strain is more severe as well as being harder to contain. Key points: Experts say early studies indicate the Delta strain is putting more people in hospital in a serious condition The new data, on top …

Australia Tightens Covid-19 Curbs as Brisbane Extends Lockdown, Army Patrols Sydney
3 years, 5 months ago

Australia Tightens Covid-19 Curbs as Brisbane Extends Lockdown, Army Patrols Sydney

News 18  

Australia’s Queensland state on Monday extended a COVID-19 lockdown in Brisbane, while soldiers began patrolling Sydney to enforce stay-at-home rules as Australia struggles to stop the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus spreading. Queensland said it had detected 13 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours – the biggest one-day rise the state has recorded in …

Got a COVID vaccine? Here’s how it changes the risks of infection for you
3 years, 5 months ago

Got a COVID vaccine? Here’s how it changes the risks of infection for you

ABC  

It's understandable to be confused about exactly what sort of protection you'll get from a COVID-19 vaccine. Key points: Data from the UK shows both AstraZenecca and Pfizer vaccines stop about 80pc of infections A person who becomes infected after being vaccinated is half as likely to pass the virus on to the people they lived with The Pfizer vaccine …

No end in sight for COVID 'Phase A' on Australia's path out of lockdowns
3 years, 5 months ago

No end in sight for COVID 'Phase A' on Australia's path out of lockdowns

ABC  

The week began with a warning and then a tragedy, and ended with a reality check. An ADF soldier on patrol with police in Sydney during a previous lockdown in April 2020.. "It's no different to what we saw in Melbourne last year where the police worked hand in glove with the military to ensure they could have that intelligence-based …

Sydney lockdown extended four weeks as Covid delta surge worsens
3 years, 5 months ago

Sydney lockdown extended four weeks as Covid delta surge worsens

Live Mint  

Sydney’s month-long lockdown will be extended by at least another four weeks, with Australian authorities failing to flatten an outbreak of daily Covid-19 cases that on Wednesday surged to another record. Berejiklian has been criticized by some health experts and political rivals who say she was too slow to implement lockdown in the city of 6 million people, in a …

Do sudden, sharp lockdowns help to control the Delta COVID-19 variant?
3 years, 5 months ago

Do sudden, sharp lockdowns help to control the Delta COVID-19 variant?

ABC  

As Victoria and South Australia emerge from snap lockdowns this morning, the country's lived experience seems to indicate fast, hard lockdowns are the only effective tool to stop the highly-infectious Delta coronavirus variant spreading while we wait for our population to be vaccinated. Key points: States that lockdown within two days of transmission can lift restrictions sooner, data shows Delay …

The Latest: Fiji urges more jabs as COVID deaths rise
3 years, 5 months ago

The Latest: Fiji urges more jabs as COVID deaths rise

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Fiji’s …

NSW records 172 new COVID-19 cases, 60 in community while infectious
3 years, 5 months ago

NSW records 172 new COVID-19 cases, 60 in community while infectious

ABC  

A decision on the future of Greater Sydney's lockdown will be announced "as early as tomorrow" after NSW recorded 172 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases. Key points: NSW records 172 new cases, the highest daily tally since the Delta outbreak began Almost half of new cases were in the community for at least some of their infectious period The outbreak …

Coronavirus Australia: Millions of Victorians to be RELEASED from lockdown as Sydney cases soar
3 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus Australia: Millions of Victorians to be RELEASED from lockdown as Sydney cases soar

Daily Mail  

Victorians are set to be released from their fifth lockdown Victorians are on track to throw off the shackles of their fifth Covid lockdown on Wednesday, but the nightmare is only just beginning for Sydneysiders who could remain under stay-at-home orders until at least mid-September. NSW government has made a request for financial modelling to assess the devastating effect of …

COVID updates: NSW renews pleas for Pfizer doses as Delta cases hit new record despite Sydney lockdown — as it happened
3 years, 5 months ago

COVID updates: NSW renews pleas for Pfizer doses as Delta cases hit new record despite Sydney lockdown — as it happened

ABC  

You may have seen those videos posted a little earlier, but several people have been arrested as thousands of anti-lockdown protesters breached COVID-19 restrictions and gathered in Sydney's CBD. People in Greater Sydney and its surrounds have been living in lockdown for exactly four weeks, as an outbreak of the Delta COVID-19 continues to spread. Protesters shouted "freedom" as they …

Thousands Of People Protest Coronavirus Lockdowns In Australia
3 years, 5 months ago

Thousands Of People Protest Coronavirus Lockdowns In Australia

NPR  

Thousands Of People Protest Coronavirus Lockdowns In Australia Enlarge this image toggle caption Mick Tsikas/AP Mick Tsikas/AP SYDNEY — Thousands of people took to the streets of Sydney and other Australian cities on Saturday to protest lockdown restrictions amid another surge in cases, and police made several arrests after crowds broke through barriers and threw plastic bottles and plants. Enlarge …

Gladys Berejikilian hints what the magic number will be for the lockdown to be lifted Sydney Covid
3 years, 5 months ago

Gladys Berejikilian hints what the magic number will be for the lockdown to be lifted Sydney Covid

Daily Mail  

The New South Wales Premier announced 124 new cases on Thursday morning, with a worrying 48 infectious in the community and 57 have still yet to be linked to known clusters Gladys Berejiklian has hinted at the magic number of cases Sydney needs to reach to end its lockdown as she says a review will be conducted to assess the …

New COVID case overnight in South Australia as state enters first day of lockdown
3 years, 5 months ago

New COVID case overnight in South Australia as state enters first day of lockdown

ABC  

South Australia has recorded a new case of COVID–19 overnight – taking the current cluster to six. "This case went through that whole shopping centre so that's why that whole shopping centre has been put out as an exposure site," Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier said. Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier said a testing site exclusively for people …

First regional lockdown in NSW as Delta strain of COVID-19 slips the Greater Sydney cordon
3 years, 5 months ago

First regional lockdown in NSW as Delta strain of COVID-19 slips the Greater Sydney cordon

ABC  

Parts of NSW's Central West are waking to a snap COVID-19 lockdown after cases leaked out of Greater Sydney’s growing Delta variant outbreak. Key points: Factory worker at Blayney in the NSW Central West tests positive The factory is now closed for cleaning as managers await test results for other workers Five sites in Orange named as venues of concerns …

Western Sydney residents urged to be 'vigilant' as COVID-19 Delta strain cases hit the region
3 years, 5 months ago

Western Sydney residents urged to be 'vigilant' as COVID-19 Delta strain cases hit the region

ABC  

NSW's COVID-19 spotlight has turned to Western Sydney, where authorities are concerned about an increase in cases as the state grapples with a worsening Delta variant outbreak. Key points: NSW recorded 110 cases with 29 of those in Western Sydney Concerns are growing for the area's vulnerable Indigenous community Local Aboriginal health services say there is fear and hesitancy around …

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