NSW COVID: Delta variant takes grip in south-west Sydney, sends shudders through NSW government
Save Normal text size Very large text size Leaning in the doorway of his sweets and pastry shop a short walk from Fairfield station, 54-year-old Jan Israel surveyed the passing foot traffic on Thursday and declared the lockdown “a joke”. The small-business owner has worked seven days a week since buying his brother-in-law out and going solo last year. But he said he was willing to close up and wear the financial pain if it meant helping pull Sydney back from the brink of a prolonged COVID-19 outbreak. “People are still visiting each other and people are still on the street,” the Iraqi...