Covid Reported In The Northern Territory NSW Marks 30 Unlike Covid Cases While Sydney Remains On Lockdown.
Australia's state of New South Wales announced 30 new cases of Covid on the second day of a two-week lockdown in the wider Sydney area. The expanded lock covers 5 million people in the greater Sydney area and the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, and Wollongong.
There are now 110 cases of the highly contagious Delta variant. NSW Prime Minister Gladys Beredzhiklyan said on Sunday that she expected the number to rise. "Given the transmission of this type of virus, we expect the number of cases in the next few days even to exceed what we saw today because we see that people who are isolated are unfortunately already contagious to everyone." . Home contact," he said.
Individual orders will remain valid until 9 July for all Greater Sydney and other listed areas. Police said they would use license plate recognition technology to track cars and ensure people don't leave their restricted areas. Sydney restricts movement amid 'dangerous' Covid outbreak
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Virgin Australia said on Sunday it was engaging with passengers and crew on five domestic flights after a crew member tested positive in Melbourne. Darwin and two other cities are under blockade 48 hours after four new cases were reported in the Northern Territory.
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The UK suspension has been extended, at least in part, because of Delta; Ross Atkins explains. On Saturday, New Zealand stopped a balloon quarantined for three days due to the recent outbreak from traveling across Australia. The travel corridor between the two neighbors opened in April. Travel between New Zealand and certain Australian territories has been closed for a short time since the outbreak, but this marks the first time the bubble has closed with the rest of Australia.
Australia maintains a meager overall rate of Covid transmission, and this is the first blockade on Sydney - its largest city - since December. A new outbreak of infection broke out a week ago in Bondi, the famous seaside suburb, and spread first to the city center and then to its western suburbs. He hooked up with a driver who was transporting international arrivals from the airport.
Health Minister Brad Hazard called the Delta version, first published in India, a "very formidable foe. "No matter what defensive steps we take at this time, the virus seems to understand how to counterattack," he said.