Coronavirus Australia: Sydney lockdown to be extended until July 16 - schools closed, masks to stay

Sydney residents vented their anger this morning as the city's lockdown was extended for another seven days as the Covid Delta variant continued to spread. The situation is also worsening in Sydney's west, with customers of the Coles at Westfield Parramatta and Country Growers grocery store told to isolate for 14 days regardless of whether they get a negative Covid test result USE DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA'S TRACKER TO FIND EXPOSURE SITES NEAR YOU A step-by-step road map to easing restrictions is also being cooked up by the NSW Government in a bid to give businesses some certainty going forward with a date-specific timetable expected within days. As part of the extended lockdown, schools will be shut with at-home-learning taking the place of face-to-face classes WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT LOCKDOWN EXTENSION - Stay-at-home orders will be extended to July 16 - Schools in Greater Sydney will start at-home learning to replace face-to-face classes - No child will be turned away from schools, meaning those in need can still attend - There will be no regional easing of restrictions - Schools will be open in regional NSW - Infections have spread from Sydney's east to the wester suburbs, worrying contact tracers NSW Health revealed there had been 'transmission of Covid-19 to customers' at the bank, with the virus also being spread at two supermarkets in Paramatta, in Sydney's west. The lockdown was brought in on June 26 to confine the highly infectious Indian Delta strain to the epicentre in Sydney's east SYDNEY'S LOCKDOWN RULES UNTIL JULY 16 Those living in Greater Sydney, the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Shellharbour and Wollongong must abide by the following: Masks are mandatory in all indoor settings outside the home, including offices Weddings are banned and funerals are capped at 100 people - or 1 person per 4sqm - with masks required indoors There is no curfew but a stay at home order applies, with only four reasons to leave your home Schools will be closed with at-home-learning replacing face-to-face classes *The four reasons you can leave your home: Shopping for food or other essential goods and services Medical care or compassionate needs Exercise outdoors in groups of 10 or fewer Essential work, or education, where you cannot work or study from home The rest of NSW is subject to the following restrictions: No more than five visitors allowed in homes Masks are compulsory in all indoor non-residential settings The four-square-metre rule is back for indoor and outdoor settings and drinking while standing at indoor venues is not allowed Dancing will not be allowed at indoor hospitality venues or nightclubs, but dancing is allowed at weddings for the wedding party Dance and gym classes are limited to 20 people per class and masks must be worn When does the lockdown end? Gladys Berejiklian is set to officially announce on Wednesday morning that lockdown restrictions will be extended after several cases on community transmission occurred between strangers Sydneysiders are pictured soaking up the sun on July 6 in Bondi despite being in lockdown - which will now continue until at least July 16 NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said one of the cases was a worker at the SummitCare Baulkham Hills aged care facility in the city's north-west who worked throughout their infectious period.