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Sydney shoppers and business leaders have welcomed Premier Gladys Berejiklian s announcement that masks will become mandatory in certain indoor environments, accepting it as a necessary step that will inspire confidence rather than deter customers.
The executive director of the Sydney Business Chamber Katherine O Regan welcomed measures that contained the virus, thereby allowing trading to continue.
Luca Aroney and Lauren Chadlowe shopping for masks in Chatswood.
Credit:Dominic Lorrimer It s a critical time for hospitality and retail so I would see that this is good for the consumer and good for business, she said. It will give people the confidence to go out in a COVID-safe way. A lot of businesses are pretty keen to get an uplift following what was a pretty awful lead in to that Christmas period.