Tensions are rising within the State Government s senior ranks over COVID lockdown settings, as key ministers push back with increased force against chief health officer Kerry Chant s bid to tighten restrictions. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard There were 10 new cases diagnosed on Thursday from almost 28,000 tests with all but one linked to known clusters. Three new cases were recorded on Friday. While Dr Chant has had the ear of Premier Gladys Berejiklian, senior figures in the Coalition have adamantly opposed a further clampdown. Those believed to have vigorously advocated for opening up include Jobs and Tourism Minister Stuart Ayres and Treasurer Dominic Perrottet.
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Australian Officials Name More Than 100 Venues As COVID-19 Hotspots In Sydney
Australian officials in New South Wales have named more than 100 venues in Sydney as potential COVID-19 hotspots. People have been instructed to self isolate.
Australian officials in New South Wales have named more than 100 venues across Sydney as potential COVID-19 hotspots. With this, they have also instructed people who attended these gatherings to self isolate themselves in order to stop the virus from spreading. With Christmas season just around the corner, the holiday plans have been dashed by the border closures outside New South Wales (NSW) with even airlines cancelling several flights leaving the Sydney Airport on December 21 after the midnight deadline.
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Premium Content Avalon was a ghost town yesterday, with shops and cafes closed, Woolies almost deserted and even the local post office shut down as terrified locals of the northern beaches suburb either stayed home or joined the long queues for COVID testing. The usually laid-back surfing mecca was suddenly a seething mass of fear, anger and frustration as it got ready to say goodbye to Christmas. A surfer looks on as residents line up at Mona Vale Hospital for a COVID-19 test on Thursday. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Jeremy Piper In the close-knit community almost everyone knows someone who was at the Avalon RSL on Sunday night dancing to the band called Nothing Too Serious, whose drummer tested positive on Thursday to the virus, along with an elderly couple who had hit the dancefloor.
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The coronavirus cluster in Sydney s Northern Beaches has jumped to 17 new infections, prompting health authorities to ask residents in the area to temporarily stay home.
NSW Health on Thursday evening confirmed 17 COVID-19 cases have now been identified in the area, including those diagnosed on Wednesday and Thursday.
Earlier in the day, authorities put the number of virus cases linked to the cluster at five. As a number of new cases are currently being interviewed, it is likely that a number of new venues will be identified and that people in the Northern Beaches may have attended these venues, it said.
Twelve new coronavirus cases in NSW, as Sydney s northern beaches cluster jumps to 17 sbs.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sbs.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.