Weather warning for Sydney’s ‘green shoots’
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Key Points
- Brisbane’s lockdown will end at 6pm after only five new community cases.
- NSW says Sydney’s lockdown is working because only nine of the 35 new cases were not in isolation.
- There were zero local cases in Victoria or WA.
- Snap lockdowns will remain a risk until at least October when a third of eligible Australians are vaccinated.
- The four-stage plan to return to pre-pandemic life explained here.
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Key developments on Saturday
This is the key news from press conferences today from NSW, Queensland, WA and Victoria:
- NSW reported 35 new cases but only nine people were infectious while in the community. This was a lower proportion than in past days, which the Premier said showed the “green shoots are there”.
- NSW’s authorities said today’s result showed the lockdown was working and if the trend continued Sydney was on track to exit the lockdown, due to end on July 9, in a “timely way”.
- NSW Premier Berejiklian and Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant both warned Sydneysiders to avoid crowded indoor areas and enjoy the sun outdoors in a socially-distanced way.
Police patrol at Gore Hill oval today. Many of Sydney’s parks and beaches were packed on a sunny school holiday weekend.
- Brisbane’s four-day lockdown will end at 6pm tonight because authorities are satisfied contact tracers will get on top of the new cases. But mask wearing will remain mandatory for the next two weeks.
- WA Premier Mark McGowan was confident that the remaining restrictions in WA will be eased from Tuesday morning after the state recorded zero new cases today.
- Victoria has defended extending state of emergency for another month until July 29 despite reporting another day of zero local cases.
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