More COVID-19 restrictions could be introduced in NSW as early as today, after a dozen new cases were identified outside Sydney’s lockdown zone, and the current outbreak passed 80 infections.
Seventeen new infections had already been reported, meaning there were a total of 29 locally acquired infections in the 24 hours to 8:00pm yesterday.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian put everyone on notice that a wider Sydney lockdown could be imposed this weekend.
Ms Berejiklian said the “health advice is evolving” quickly, and the tone of her morning briefing was that a lockdown and new health orders across other parts of Sydney could be imminent.
Eight Greek Orthodox Churches of Sydney were forced to close because of the partial lockdown that was announced yesterday.
More than a million people living in Sydney have woken up in lockdown as the city battles to bring the latest COVID-19 outbreak under control.
It is the first partial lockdown Sydney has experienced since the northern beaches restrictions over Christmas, and residents will be watching the numbers anxiously in the hope it makes an impact.
People who live in, or have worked in the Sydney local government areas (LGAs) of Waverley, Woollahra, Randwick and the City of Sydney have been told they need to stay at home, after NSW recorded 22 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 on Friday.