‘It stinks’: NSW Health Minister slams media for identifying Sydney COVID patient
‘It stinks’: NSW Health Minister slams media for identifying Sydney COVID patient
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NSW Health authorities have slammed media outlets for identifying the man at the centre of Sydney’s latest coronavirus outbreak.
Asked about the identity of the so-called “BBQ man”, Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said she was “incredibly disappointed” to see him being named in the media.
She said that was not in accordance with the wishes of the gentleman.
Chant said he has really gone above and beyond to help the health authorities and she thinks that it’s not a good outcome from public health.
Sydney s mass vaccination hub expected to ramp up distribution 11/05/2021|4min
Sydney’s mass vaccine hub is preparing for day two of operations with expectations its daily vaccination capabilities will continue to ramp up.
About 2500 frontline workers and their families presented for the Pfizer jab at the Sydney Olympic Park venue on Monday – which marked about half the facility’s capacity.
At full capacity, the hub should be able to distribute 5000 shots a day and 30,000 in a week.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian yesterday urged state residents aged between 40 and 49 to register their interest in getting the jab, flagging within a few weeks they could be eligible to receive it.
Sydney restrictions extended as Australiaâs reopening date delayed
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Health restrictions in greater Sydney have been extended for another week as the missing link between two local cases and NSWâs hotel quarantine system remains unknown.
New Zealand announced it would lift a freeze on flights from NSW at 11.59pm on Sunday after it paused travel across the ditch due to an outbreak in Sydney.
People wearing face masks in Sydneyâs CBD, after the NSW government introduced new restrictions on Thursday.Â
Louise Kennerley
It comes as federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the federal budget will assume Australiaâs international borders wonât reopen until 2022.
The Premier, Minister for Health and Medical Research
Given the latest cases of community transmission and updated health advice from the Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant, COVID-19 restrictions will be temporarily tightened across Greater Sydney.
The following measures will be effective from midday today, 6 May 2021 (enforceable from 5pm) until 12.01am Monday, 10 May for the Greater Sydney region (including Wollongong, Central Coast and Blue Mountains):
Visitors to households will be limited to 20 guests – including children
Masks will be compulsory on public transport and in all public indoor venues, such as retail, theatres, hospitals, aged care facilities and for front-of-house hospitality staff (except in a hospitality venue when eating or drinking)
Queenslanders have been put on alert after NSW recorded a new local Covid case with no known link to other infections.
NSW Health revealed on Wednesday a man in his 50s from Sydney s eastern suburbs tested positive to the virus after visiting a spate of venues across the city.
Queensland Health have now ordered anyone in the Sunshine State who visited a Covid exposure site in NSW during the specified times to quarantine at home. NSW Health has already made it clear that anyone who has been to any of those venues, should be quarantining, and not getting on flights, Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said.