Coronavirus NSW: Gladys Berejiklian hints at mandatory mask rule if cases go back up

The NSW Premier has refused to rule out a Victoria-style mandatory mask rule if day-on-day virus cases don’t stay low.

Gladys Berejiklian has refused to rule out a Victoria-style mandatory mask rule in NSW if day-on-day virus cases don’t stay low.

The NSW Premier thanked residents in her state who had followed the advice to wear masks in public, saying it was a good sign the state would avoid Victoria’s fate.

She suggested the state was open to harsher rules if it failed to exercise “caution” and if cases rose over the next few weeks.

"If we limit our activity, if we're extra cautious over the next few weeks, we won't go down the path that unfortunately Victoria has," she told Nine News on Wednesday night.

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