Sydney's cafes, gyms and restaurants welcomed back fully vaccinated customers on Monday after nearly four months of lockdown, as Australia aims to begin living with the coronavirus and gradually reopen with high rates of inoculation.
The leader of Australia's most populous state resigned Friday amid a corruption investigation, leaving Sydneysiders deep in months of lockdown without a political leader.
WA Premier Mark McGowan stokes the flames of an ongoing feud with the NSW Government by saying the state should be aiming to eliminate "the virus from Sydney" and not just "tick along" with COVID-19.
NSW records seven COVID-19 cases, mandatory masks introduced in Greater Sydney
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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has announced a range of coronavirus restrictions, including mandatory masks in indoor settings and lifting lockdown orders in the southern half of Sydney s northern beaches.
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NSW Health recorded seven COVID-19 cases, one of which is under investigation
The Premier also announced several venue types will have reduced capacity
The changes came as state health authorities recorded seven new COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours until 8:00pm, with one of those being an inner-south-western Sydney case whose source on infection remains under investigation.
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A sports bar at Sydney s Paragon Hotel is among the venues on high alert for COVID-19 infection.
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Bondi Icebergs and a hotel in Circular Quay in Sydney s CBD are the latest venues added to the list of coronavirus exposure sites in New South Wales.
It follows the confirmation of a third CBD case and authorities are worried the containment of the outbreak to Sydney s northern beaches might be faltering. We are concerned about people who may have been infectious who went to work in the CBD and then have passed that onto other people in the CBD and those people have then passed it on in their communities, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said on Thursday.