Millions of Sydney residents will be under movement control until at least July 9, while the New South Wales state government announced more Covid-19 cases on Sunday.
An additional 30 cases were reported when authorities tightened restrictions and warned of potentially longer or wider restrictions to come.
NSW Health said 79 patients were now being treated for Covid-19. “One of them is in intensive care but not ventilated,” the state ministry said. “Most cases (94 percent) are treated in non-acute outpatient care, including returnees.”
People living in Sydney, as well as in Waverley, Randwick, the Gulf of Canada, Inner West, Bayside and Woollahri, will be allowed to leave their homes just to buy food or other necessary goods and services, medical care or compassionate needs, exercise outdoors in groups of 10 or less, or a basic job or education that cannot be done from home.
These additional cases concerned exposure locations outside the Sydney local government area, which were already locked. As a result, “health advice is evolving” and “if we need to take further action, we will immediately inform the community,” said Gladys Berejiklian, NSW’s prime minister.
“Don’t leave Sydney metropolitan under any circumstances,” she said.
New Zealand has suspended its quarantine-free travel balloon with Australia due to the outbreak of epidemics.
On Saturday, Paul Kelly, Australia’s chief medical officer, expanded the area of focus, including Wollongong, more than 80km south of Sydney, as well as the Blue Mountain and Central Coast regions.
The Australian Federal Board of Covid-19 is scheduled to hold an emergency meeting on Monday due to a growing number of cases.
Victorian Health Minister Martin Foley has warned people from the NSW hotspot to stay out of state or face a $ 5,000 fine.
He said Victoria police patrolled the border areas and used mobile and automated technology to scan the license plates of people entering the state from NSW.
Darwin, in remote Australian northern territory, is facing a two-day blockade due to the explosion of a mine-centered explosion.
Five positive cases from the Granites gold mine in the Tanami desert have now been discovered. One case, meanwhile, traveled to New South Wales, another to Queensland and a third to Palmerston, near Darwin.
The 48-hour lock applies to the Darwin, Palmerston and Litchfield council areas
The Smith Street mall in Darwin Center is deserted on Sunday, ABC reported, and the shutters in the stores were torn down when the lock went into effect.
Small businesses forced to close would receive a one-time payment of $ 1,000 ($ 750), said Michael Gunner, the chief minister.
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