Sydney lockdown needed until November, inquiry hears
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- NSW has 356 cases, 65pc in the south, south-west. Most cases not isolating.
- Victoria has reported 20 cases, five in isolation.
- Good news for Qld, which has only three cases.
- No new cases in Tamworth, Armidale, Byron Bay.
- The PM tells Question Time: “It doesn’t matter how you start the race, it is how you finish the race.”
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- The NSW outbreak now stands at 4980 active cases with hundreds more new cases reported on Tuesday. Authorities said most of the 356 new cases were not isolating.
University of Melbourne epidemiologist Antony Blakely has told a state parliament inquiry that Sydney may need to stay in a form of lockdown until November.
- The inquiry was marked by torrid questioning of NSW’s chief health officer Kerry Chant, who was repeatedly interrupted as she spoke.
- Melbourne residents are waiting to hear whether their lockdown will be extended beyond 8pm on Thursday after the city recorded 20 new local cases.
Workers in Sydney office towers could be allowed to return from COVID-19 lockdowns using an extension of the Berejiklian government’s vaccine model for the construction sector, under plans being discussed with business leaders.
- 14 million vaccine doses have been administered in Australia so far.
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