There’s been a slight bump in cases in NSW as the state prepares to welcome thousands of children back into classrooms.
Premier Dominic Perrottet said the decision was made out of caution as the state’s third vaccine dose numbers slowly increase.
They also include compulsory QR check-ins at certain venues, and a ban on singing and dancing at most public events. The day’s case numbers were up slightly from the day before, with 18,512 new infections of Covid-19, 9422 detected through PCR tests and 9090 from at-home rapid antigen tests .
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