COVID-19 restrictions imposed in Greater Sydney in the wake of two locally acquired cases will be extended by a week as NSW adopts a cautious approach to stamping out further new cases | MWhitbourn
Social restrictions imposed in Greater Sydney in the wake of two locally acquired cases of COVID-19 will be extended by a week as NSW adopts a cautious approach to stamping out further new cases.
She said existing restrictions, announced on Thursday for Greater Sydney, including Wollongong, Central Coast and the Blue Mountains, “will be in place for an extra week, except for shoppers in retail who will no longer be required to wear a mask”.The two cases, recorded in a man in his 50s from Sydney’s eastern suburbs and his wife, are the first known locally acquired cases of the Indian B.1.617 variant of the virus in NSW.
The new restrictions took effect at 5pm on Thursday in Greater Sydney and were expected to end at 12.01am on Monday.On Sunday morning, NSW Health announced that the bulk of the measures would be extended by a week, to 12.01 am on Monday, May 17, in order to “safeguard the community and reduce the risk of further transmission”.
Authorities were bracing for more cases linked to the couple and NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant had warned the man had a high viral load, potentially making him highly infectious.NSW Health said six new cases were acquired overseas to 8pm on Saturday. A previously reported overseas acquired case was excluded after further investigations. The state has recorded 5343 infections since the start of the pandemic.
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