NSW residents are being urged to avoid non-essential travel and social gatherings after 18 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded on Sunday.
NSW Health said the 18 cases on Sunday - an increase from 15 on Saturday - included a new locally acquired case who went to Holy Duck! restaurant in Chippendale on July 10 between 7.15pm and 9.30pm.The restaurant was closed on Saturday night and is being cleaned. All close contacts are being identified.
Five of the new cases are overseas travellers in hotel quarantine. Three of the cases - two in Sydney's south and one in south-west Sydney - have no known links to clusters. "Of particular concern is transmission in venues such as hotels and restaurants, the gym and social gatherings," it said.
aconvict MeganGorrey If wearing a mask is essential to avoid SARS-CoV-2 then . GladysB ought to hand them out at PT stops, as Spain has done.
MeganGorrey If NSW has to lock down the country is going down the gurgler.
MeganGorrey Except school busses of course
MeganGorrey So why are gyms and casino permitted to remain open?
MeganGorrey But nobody got Covid on public transit. It sounds like the “inherent risk” is actually in restaurants/pubs, not something essential to the lives of many Sydneysiders who live without a car.
MeganGorrey Mandate the wearing of masks on public transport - safer for commuters and workers . Some people have no alternative than to catch public transport. That might be a surprise to some in Govt.- they need to get out more and mix with ordinary people.
MeganGorrey They should start by making masks mandatory on public transport and in enclosed places like shops/shopping malls. Kill COVID now, rather than meander along as we are now, with sporadic outbreaks spreading.The sooner this happens, the sooner we can dust off our passports.
MeganGorrey So, the answer is to send kids back to school tomorrow. Oh, and by the way...
MeganGorrey I presume recalcitrant and obdurate LiarFromTheShire and girl Friday GladysB are peeing in their pants and regretting bullying other premiers to relax the lock down too early. I reckon QLD, SA, WA, NT, TAS are glad their borders were kept shut. auspol COVID19au
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MeganGorrey But JobShirker BludgerFromTheShire says that * Schools are safe * Children are safe
MeganGorrey Mask up Sydney