Crippled businesses and stood-down staff will get extra payments to get them through the additional four weeks of Sydney lockdown announced by the New South Wales government on Wednesday.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirmed the lockdown had been extended to August 28, with authorities making no headway in reducing case numbers as the Delta strain of Covid-19 stubbornly circulates around south-west and western Sydney.
A further 177 cases of the virus were recorded on Wednesday, of which 46 were out in the community while infectious.
Health officials found 90 infections in south-west Sydney and 46 cases in the city s west in the 24 hours to 8pm on Tuesday.
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Coffs Harbour and Newcastle on alert as NSW Health updates list of COVID exposure sites after 98 cases
A bottle shop in Coffs Harbour, 500km north of Sydney, and a Coles Express in Newcastle are among the newly identified COVID-hit venues, causing fears the virus will spread beyond the Harbour City.
Zoe ZaczekDigital Reporter
July 20, 2021 - 7:50AM
New South Wales’ list of coronavirus exposure sites has swelled overnight to include a bottle shop more than five hours north of Sydney and a Coles Express in Newcastle.
Contact tracers named Hoey Moey Bottle shop in Coffs Harbour, on the north coast of NSW, as a close contact venue on Thursday July 15 from 3.55pm to 4.10pm after an infected person from Sydney travelled into the area.
COVID-19 update: Gladys Berejiklian announces 78 local cases in New South Wales
Premier Gladys Berejiklian said 27 of the new cases were in the community while infectious as the state s health boss flagged an emerging risk in Sydney.
Zoe ZaczekDigital Reporter
July 20, 2021 - 11:00AM
New South Wales has recorded 78 new coronavirus cases, including 27 infectious in the community, as health authorities flag an emerging risk .
Premier Gladys Berejiklian said there is some “good news” as additional COVID infections have been picked up through the mandatory testing of asymptomatic essential workers in south-west Sydney.
The premier also asked residents in the Canterbury-Bankstown LGA, Hurstville and Kogarah areas to come forward for testing as she again reiterated the number of cases infectious in the community needs to drop to end the lockdown.