Five million NSW residents are facing at least another fortnight of lockdown following high numbers.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said that the number of new transmissions needs to be close to zero before lockdown ends, however there were 28 exposure venues added to the list, including Strawberry Hills Post Shop, Bonnyrigg Bunnings and supermarkets at fairfield heights, fairfield, Waterloo, Merrylands, Riverwood and Wetherill Park.
Numbers are continuing to rise in southwest Sydney and a new 24-hour COVID testing clinic has opened at Fairfield after people were forced to wait up to six hours in long queues at another venue.
In Victoria, there were no new local cases of COVID-19 but masks are mandatory indoors as of Thursday to combat risk, with more than 70 venues listed as COVID-19 exposure sites in Victoria, including Oakleigh’s Vanilla Lounge.
A section of the MCG was listed as an exposure site yesterday.
Hang in there Melbourne
As NSW’s COVID-19 outbreak threatens other states, including South Australia and Victoria, many Australians are bracing themselves for further restrictions.
In Melbourne, further restrictions are set to be announced today.
If Melbourne and Victoria go into another lockdown, it will be the second since 28 May this year and the fifth since March last year.
More than ever, it’s time for Melburnians to “hang in there” as this poster snapped last month suggests.
Dora Houpis
