- COVID-19 restriction will remain in place for large parts of Sydney, following the outbreak in the city’s Northern Beaches
- An additional eight cases of the virus were confirmed today, bringing the Avalon cluster to just under 100 cases
- As a result of the outbreak, Premier Gladys Berejiklian will confine Christmas gatherings to a total of 10 people excluding children under 12
- Those who live in the northern part of the northern beaches will face even stricter restrictions, with only five locals allowed over during Christmas
- All of the COVID-19 restrictions will then begin to ease on December 27, if new case numbers continue to stay in the single digits
Existing COVID-19 restriction will remain in place for large parts of Sydney, following the recent outbreak in the city’s Northern Beaches.
An additional eight cases of coronavirus were confirmed today, with seven of those eight cases linked to the Avalon cluster.
The extra cases bring the outbreak to a total of 97 cases, with one additional case linked to a local healthcare worker.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said due to the cluster, COVID-19 restrictions will need to remain place over the Christmas period.
This means anyone in the Greater Sydney area will need to confine their holiday gatherings to a total of 10 people excluding children under 12.
“So 10 adults and kids under 12 would be allowed in any single household,” the premier explained on Wednesday.
Residents in the northern part of the Northern Beaches will face even stricter restrictions, with only five locals allowed over during Christmas.
“If you’re a resident of the northern part of the Northern Beaches, if you live north of the Narrabeen Bridge and east of the Baha’i Temple at Mona Vale roads, you cannot leave your area,” Gladys Berejiklian said.
“You are still in lockdown. You can’t accept anybody who’s outside your community and I apologise for that but we have to maintain a lockdown in that area,” the Premier added.
These strict conditions will be in place for December 24, 25 and 26. From December 27 the restrictions should begin to ease if case numbers remain low.
“This is an evolving situation. But we want to provide as much certainty as possible for the next three days and then on 27 December everyone reverts back to what we have today,” the premier explained.