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22 shares NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has ordered 270,000 residents from the Spit Bridge to Palm Beach to stay at home for at least three days while officials scramble to identify the source, although there isn't an official lockdown in place. The mystery outbreak was identified on Wednesday afternoon when a couple in their 60s and 70s tested positive after having visited nine venues across the northern beaches instead of self-isolating while awaiting their results. Outbreak: The 31-year-old, who uses the stage name Jesse Sunset, revealed on Friday that someone living close to him on Sydne...

Tasmania has banned any travellers who have been in Sydney's Northern Beaches unless approved as an Essential Traveller. "Anyone already in Tasmania who has been in this area or visited these premises is asked to self-isolate immediately and call the Public Health Hotline on 1800 671 738 (Monday- Friday 8am-7pm; Saturday-Sunday 9am-5pm) to book a COVID-19 test," the Tasmanian government said in a statement tonight. "Travellers should advise the hotline that they have been in the identified area or an identified premises. "If you have completed a Tas e-Travel registration and identified you wi...

Residents in Sydney's Northern Beaches have queued at coronavirus testing clinics for up to five hours today after the number of infections linked to the area spiked from just two to 17 in a matter of hours. Locals were seen lined up for hundreds of metres, anxiously waiting in long queues after several locations were confirmed visited by infected sources. The testing site at Avalon Recreation Centre saw thousands of people lined up around the block, while those queued at Northern Beachers Hospital were lined up for around five hours, 9News was told. READ MORE: Large queues at Mona Vale CO...

Sydney is bracing for an explosion of coronavirus cases as contact tracers scramble to contain the Northern Beaches outbreak. About 270,000 locals are effectively in lockdown for the next three days after 17 new cases were recorded within 24 hours in the area on Thursday. Genomic sequencing results show the latest outbreak is an overseas strain, but health authorities are still trying to track down the source.  Premier Gladys Berejiklian warned the number of cases would definitely rise on Friday as testing across Sydney's northern peninsula ramps up. 'I do want to ask everybody to brace th...

Hundreds in Sydney are anxiously awaiting coronavirus test results today as authorities race to stop the spread of a cluster that threatens to throw New South Wales into tough restrictions days away from Christmas. Dozens of people have already begin queuing at testing clinics in the Northern Beaches this morning, to beat the expected rush. Some even arrived to secure their place in line before the sun came up. Residents in Sydney's Northern Beaches have started lining up at testing centres - such as this one in Avalon - to beat the expected rush today as a cluster there is due to grow.(Nine ...