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Australian officials tighten Sydney lockdown as COVID-19 cases rise
Pedestrians wear protective face masks in Sydney s city centre during a lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney, Australia, Jul 21, 2021. (Photo: REUTERS/Loren Elliott)
23 Jul 2021 10:35AM (Updated:
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SYDNEY: Australia s New South Wales state on Friday (Jul 23) reported its biggest daily rise in new COVID-19 cases this year, prompting state officials to tighten lockdown measures in Sydney in what they called a national emergency .
State Premier Gladys Berejiklian also flagged the likelihood that stay-home orders for the country s biggest city would be extended beyond the current end date of Jul 30.
Friday, 23 Jul 2021 08:56 AM MYT
A lone passenger at a train platform at Flinders Street during morning commute hours on the first day of a lockdown in Melbourne, Australia, July 16, 2021. Reuters pic
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SYDNEY, July 23 Australia’s Victoria state reported a slight easing in new Covid-19 cases on Friday, while neighbouring New South Wales braces for another rise in infections despite more than half the country’s population in lockdown.
Victorian officials reported 14 new locally transmitted cases, down from 26 a day earlier, all linked to the current outbreak of the highly infectious Delta strain.
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By Renju Jose and Jonathan Barrett
SYDNEY, July 23 (Reuters) - Australia s New South Wales state on Friday reported its biggest daily rise in new COVID-19 cases this year, prompting state officials to tighten lockdown measures in Sydney in what they called a national emergency.
State Premier Gladys Berejiklian also flagged the likelihood that stay-home orders for the country s biggest city would be extended beyond the current end date of July 30. There is no doubt that the numbers are not going in the direction we were hoping they would at this stage, Berejiklian said as she announced 136 new cases in New South Wales.
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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has described Sydney’s outbreak as “a national emergency” after another 136 new COVID-19 cases were recorded on Friday and an elderly man died with the virus.
As the outbreak continues to worsen, health officials have recommended vaccines be urgently redirected to prioritise south-western and western suburbs.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian, Health Minister Brad Hazzard, NSW Police Deputy Commissioner Gary Worboys and Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant on Friday.
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There were 53 people who were infectious in the community, the highest since the outbreak began, and 17 in isolation for part of the time.
Residents of Cumberland and Blacktown local government areas will only be allowed to leave the area if they are authorised workers, including those that work in health and aged care.