Young men in south-west Sydney who are refusing to heed lockdown laws have sparked the NSW government’s about-face on harsher restrictions
for Sydney, including a curfew for hotspot regions as well as mandatory outdoor masks for the entire city, stressing that the government had no measures left in reserve.NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian.
Meanwhile, police will be given powers to lockdown entire apartment blocks while NSW Health asses the COVID-19 risk.Lakemba MP Jihad Dib said the new restrictions could create a divide between Sydney, with the state’s COVID-19 response becoming “a tale of two cities”. Less than a week after imposing a handful of restrictions on Sydney, as well as a state-wide lockdown, Ms Berejiklian said two fundamental elements of the outbreak had changed: a sudden surge in case numbers and growing non-compliance with the lockdown.
Ms Berejiklian said that, while no new lockdown measures were likely to be introduced after Friday’s crackdown, new local governments could be added to regions of concern.
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