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When does lockdown start and how long will it be enforced? The lockdown kicks in at 5pm (AEDT) today and ends midnight on Wednesday. The end date could change if the situation worsens. What area is locked down? The restrictions are for the local government area of the Northern Beaches. This area has a population of about 250,000 people. Dee Why beach, on Sydney's Northern Beaches, is closed to the public.(Getty) What are the four reasons you are permitted to leave home? The restrictions are the same ones in place in March. People will be permitted to exercise and go to their local shopping ce...

Sydney's worrying coronvirus cluster is poised to climb higher on Saturday  Urgent waning issued for gym-goers who attended Anytime Fitness in Avalon Victoria and Western Australia are both considering shutting borders to NSW WA Premier Mark McGowan said hard border could return in the 'near future'  Victoria is waiting for Saturday's numbers but can introduce a border in 48 hours Sydneysiders are flocking to other states ahead of anticipated border closures Every other state and territory has imposed travel restrictions on Sydneysiders   

There are fears thousands of Sydneysiders have been exposed to COVID-19 following an outbreak in the Northern Beaches, as the list of potentially infected locations soars to 70 across the city.  Premier Gladys Berejiklian warned on Saturday afternoon she could tighten coronavirus restrictions within 24 hours if the outbreak worsened as her state battles 41 community cases less than a week out from Christmas.  On Saturday night, the situation did get worse.   A NSW Health alert revealed positive COVID-19 cases travelled beyond the Northern Beaches and into the inner-city, inner west and...

Cover band 'Nothing Too Serious' have become the target of online abuse after their drummer tested positive to coronavirus following a gig at Avalon RSL Club - as the Northern Beaches cluster climbs to 38.  The drummer, a Frenchs Forest man in his 60s, likely contracted the virus during the performance at the RSL club on December 11. There are 15 infections now connected to the venue.  The man then performed at the Penrith RSL on December 13 and at the Kirribilli Club on December 14 before NSW Health issued an urgent alert for the Northern Beaches on December 16 - at which point he got tes...

Residents waited more than five hours to be tested at the Manly COVID -19 clinic  Many were turned away at 3:30pm, which is half an hour before the 4pm closure Others waited for more than six hours in Lindfield and were turned away at 4pm Bondi residents waited for hours before they were told to come back tomorrow  Sydney is on alert after a cluster of 28 cases emerged in the Northern Beaches Venues in Woolloomooloo, Bondi Junction and Cronulla have also been warned