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Sydney must keep its growing coronavirus outbreak to less than 100 new cases a day to have any hope of containing it, experts warn. The first three days of an outbreak is vital to stopping the spread because once cases reach that threshold it is almost impossible to trace. The outbreak now sits at 28 cases over two days with tends of thousands of tests conducted, but that number could grow immensely over the weekend.  Although New South Wales health authorities have moved quickly on the northern peninsula, the state's Covid detectives have not been able to pinpoint patient zero and the initi...

Sydney's northern beaches should be quarantined from the rest of the harbour city with an enforced military-style checkpoint, an expert warns. About 270,000 northern beaches locals from the Spit Bridge to Palm Beach are effectively in a 'gentle' lockdown for the next three days after 28 cases were linked to the area in the past 48 hours. But the stay-at-home advisory is not enough and needs to be ramped up and enforced, epidemiologist Professor Tony Blakely said. Checkpoints should be set up on the only three road routes in and out of the northern beaches: The Spit Bridge, Mona Vale Road an...

Sydney's covid cluster grows to 28 cases with locals told to stay home and wear masks - as Gladys Berejiklian reveals shocking details of how an air crew broke isolation to go out and party Northern Beaches cluster has grown to  28 cases after thousands of residents queued up to get Covid tests Premier Gladys Berejiklian has ordered 270,000 residents from the Spit Bridge to Palm Beach to stay at home  The source of the cluster, which was identified on Wednesday, has not been identified but is from overseas  All states and territories have imposed varying levels of border restrictions, jeop...

A tradesman who sat down for a burger and had no interaction with 'anyone whatsoever' has tested positive for coronavirus. Peter Greenwood is now one of 28 cases linked to the growing Northern Beaches cluster in Sydney, after he attended the Avalon RSL on Friday night and Avalon Bowlo on Sunday afternoon. The local resident said he had no symptoms before testing positive yesterday and was not contacted by anyone at the venues or from the government. It was only a phone call from a friend asking him if he had heard about the outbreak linked to the venues which prompted him to get a swab.