NSW has recorded seven new local coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour reporting period, after a household believed to provide the missing link for a number of cases previously without a known source tested positive. Follow our coverage here:
Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton says the five-kilometre rule may be scrapped when restrictions are eased on Sunday and acknowledged the rule may disproportionately harm people living in the outer suburbs with fewer amenities, family and friends within their radius."That's well known to us and it's really tricky. You can't make individual rules for individual households. We've tried to look at particularly challenging circumstances.
Another member of the household attended the Great Beginnings childcare centre at Oran Park in Sydney's south-west on October 1, 2, 8, and 9 while infectious. The centre has been closed for cleaning and contact tracing is under way. “But these things do change. They evolve. The stuff in Kilmore is not something that we've done before. But I think you'll find that's going to be a feature much more - a much more common feature of outbreak management.”
Premier Daniel Andrews again reiterated rules would not ease as significantly as planned and changes would focus on social interaction rather than business settings.
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