A three-day reprieve for locals locked down on the Northern Beaches will begin today as Sydneysiders prepare for a very different Christmas.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced on Wednesday she would relax restrictions for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day following a surprise coronavirus outbreak in Avalon.
The mystery Northern Beaches cluster emerged just a week ago and rose to 97 total cases on Wednesday.
A Sydneysider wears a face mask while doing last minute Christmas shopping in the CBD on Wednesday
A shop assistant wears a face mask and santa had while serving a customer in Sydney on Tuesday
The Northern Beaches is being split into two sections at the Narrabeen Bridge, with those in the northern section suffering harsher Christmas restrictions
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People line up to get tested in Mona Vale, in Sydney s Northern Beaches(Getty)
An empty Manly Corso. People in the Northern Beaches will be placed back into lockdown measures first introduced in March.(Getty)
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said two of the cases are under investigation, but suspects they are connected to the Avalon outbreak.
Australia s Acting-Chief Medical Officer, Professor Paul Kelly said two residents and one staff member living in a Japara aged care facility in Bayview have tested positive to the virus. We are putting in our private testing arrangements for that particular facility so we can make sure there is no spread there, Professor Kelly said.