Police fine 28 partygoers at a house in Bondi Junction after they breached public health orders preventing private gatherings of more than 20 people. Meanwhile health authorities say three new cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in NSW.
Police have fined 28 people $1,000 each for attending a house party at Bondi Junction in Sydney's east, after they breached coronavirus orders.Public health orders relating to coronavirus prevent more than 20 people at private gatheringsPolice were called after noise complaints and reports of a party at a home in Oxford Street, near York Road, at about 1:20am today.
It came as health authorities confirmed three new cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed in the 24 hours to 8:00pm Friday. The locally acquired case worked at Concord Hospital while potentially infectious and was caring for patients with COVID-19.
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