New South Wales has recorded 145 new locally-acquired cases of COVID-19 amid concerns an anti-lockdown protest that took place in Sydney's CBD over the weekend could be a 'super-spreader event'.
Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant also praised residents of Sydney's southwest for following the lockdown restrictions.
"Anyone who is over 60 or over 70 should be going to their doctor as a matter of urgency," she said. “This is an amazing outcry by the community, not just in terms of their disgust at the protest, but the way that the police - the mounted unit in particular - retreated during that.”Sydney's anti-lockdown protest has ‘real risk’ of becoming a super-spreader event, expert warns
On Sunday, Police Minister David Elliott said he expected all protesters would be identified and fined - and possibly charged - in the coming days. "The premier indicated that those discussions are ongoing ... but I think what we have learnt is with that Delta variant, you don’t have much leeway," she said.
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