WA Premier Mark McGowan stokes the flames of an ongoing feud with the NSW Government by saying the state should be aiming to eliminate "the virus from Sydney" and not just "tick along" with COVID-19.
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Mr Barilaro said the upper part of the local government area would remain under stay home orders until Sunday as planned. I know you ve been doing it tough: you ve been locked down for a period of time, but that was off the back of a significant seeding event, and the transmission of COVID in that area, he said. We make these decisions to protect everyone, you, your family, the state and the nation.
Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said all close contacts of the 18-year-old road-tripping through regional NSW had tested negative.
Shoppers wearing masks in Neutral Bay on Sydney s lower north shore.
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Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant urged residents of Greater Sydney to continue presenting for testing, adding it’s “critical” for testing rates to remain high over a sustained period because there are concerns of unrecognised chains of transmission.
It comes as NSW recorded four new locally acquired COVID cases amid 32,667 tests overnight.
Ms Chant praised the number of tests as “pleasing” but asked people to continue to come forward.
“We do need that over a sustained period of time, because we are concerned that there are unrecognised chains of transmission, particularly in Berala and the surrounding suburbs, including Wentworthville,” she said.
Better to hand out a mask than a fine : Calls for free masks to promote mandate
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The NSW government has ordered mandatory face masks in Greater Sydney from Sunday to fight the city s growing COVID-19 outbreak, prompting calls for the distribution of free face masks to keep the public on side.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced face masks would be compulsory in public indoor settings from midnight on Saturday, including on public transport, with a 24-hour grace period before $200 on-the-spot fines would apply from Monday. Children under the age of 12 are exempt, as well as people with certain medical conditions.