The decision to lockdown downtown Sydney and its eastern suburbs was taken after the area reported 22 new locally acquired cases.
22 new Covid-19 cases, the biggest rise in infections since the first case of the cluster was detected in Bondi last week.
The cluster, which has mostly been detected in and around NSW’s capital city Sydney, has now grown to 65 and has triggered concerns of an even larger outbreak. State authorities have expressed concern about a potential super-spreader event at a Sydney area salon where three staff were infected and over 900 clients visited between June 15 and 23.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced the lockdown decision on Friday and noted that the move has been put in place to “ensure this doesn’t take hold for weeks and weeks,” thePeople in the locked-down areas will be allowed to leave home for four reasons including travel for necessary work or education, outdoor exercise, providing care to a relative and buying essential goods or services.
While Berejiklian argues that the targeted lockdown is “a proportionate response to the risk,” the Australian Medical Association—a doctors’ group—said the move was not enough and called for a complete lockdown of Sydney,21%. That’s the total population of New South Wales that has received at least one does of a Covid-19 vaccine, according to the.
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