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Staff and families at an NSW age care facility are being urgently contacted after a worker showed signs of COVID-19. It comes as new infections across the state rose by 12 overnight, and the national death toll to 80.
An alleged drug dealer is among 13 fined under the NSW coronavirus restrictions which keep people confined to their homes without a good excuse. The latest fines also include a man who was nabbed twice, and fined $1,500.
City of Sydney will close its gyms, pools and libraries this week and cancel all non-essential events following the rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in NSW on Wednesday. The announcement comes after health authorities confirmed the sixth Australian death from coronavirus.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian has come under fire for cancelling the full meeting of Cabinet on Monday with just a handful of ministers set to attend the scheduled Narooma gathering. It comes as NSW Health confirms 20 additional cases of coronavirus in NSW since Friday.
One in five people in NSW will catch COVID-19 and that is “if all goes well”, according to infectious disease experts. The prediction comes as the spread of coronavirus within the state is now on par with the rate at which overseas travel is bringing it in.
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