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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...

Sydneysiders have been urged to limit their movement this weekend as the city snaps into action over a growing COVID-19 cluster on the Northern Beaches. The state's Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, issued a plea to the people of Sydney to stay at home while those living in the Northern Beaches area are being sent into lockdown for the next five days. "I want to make that clear, to Greater Sydney, please, please, do not go out tonight or the next few days unless you really have to," she said. BREAKING: Northern Beaches residents being tested for COVID-19 at the Manly drive through clinic, North H...

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...

Carefree residents have ignored social distancing at Bondi beach despite Sydney's emerging coronavirus cluster.  Shocking footage of packed beachgoers dancing at a drum circle was shared to the Bondi Community Noticeboard Facebook page on Thursday.  The revelry came as the Northern Beaches was ordered to lock up for the next three days after an explosion of 28 confirmed coronavirus cases. Hundreds of revellers were captured ignoring social distancing and partying at Bondi Beach (pictured above) despite 28 confirmed coronavirus cases emerging in Sydney's north  Shocking footage (pictured a...

Rachael Finch shared an uplifting message for her Instagram fans on Friday, amid the coronavirus outbreak on Sydney's northern beaches and possible travel restrictions. The 32-year-old model posted a photo from her 'last Gold Coast trip' and encouraged her followers to 'stay safe and positive' during these uncertain times. 'In times like these I remind myself that some things are completely out of my control, and that I shouldn't worry about the things I can't change,' she wrote online. Uplifting: Rachael Finch, 32, reflected on her 'last Gold Coast trip' in an Instagram post on Friday (pictu...