Police say several police officers are guarding the Blacktown apartment block after being called by NSW Health to provide support.
A five-storey apartment in Sydney's west is being guarded by police after cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed in numerous residents.
The state is moving to bolster its vaccination rollout with new walk-in clinics offering the AstraZeneca jab. Meanwhile, frontline workers for Woolworths, Aldi, Coles and Metcash in Fairfield, Liverpool, Canterbury-Bankstown, Cumberland and Blacktown will from this week have priority access to the Pfizer vaccine.
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