Thousands of residents on the New South Wales north coast have been ordered to stay-at-home after after a man in his 50s tested positive to COVID-19 after spending five days in the community.
The local government areas of Byron Shire, Lismore, Ballina Shire and Richmond Valley will go into lockdown from 6pm on Monday, until 12:01am on August 17."The rules for this area will be the same as those already in place across Greater Sydney, as well as Tamworth, Armidale, Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Maitland, Port Stephens, Singleton, Dungog, Muswellbrook and Cessnock," NSW Health said in a statement.
"People still can have one visitor at one time to fulfil carers' responsibilities or provide care or assistance, or for compassionate reasons, including where two people are in a relationship but do not live together." Earlier on Monday NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said man in his 50s had been"mobile" in the Byron Bay area.
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