Sydney needs to enforce tougher restrictions similar to the draconian lockdown in Melbourne a year ago to beat its latest coronavirus wave, experts have warned.
Night curfews, five kilometre travel limits and a shutdown of non-essential retail could be introduced in Sydney and surrounding regions as the latest Covid-19 outbreak worsens.
A host of new restrictions were announced before New South Wales recorded 112 new cases on Monday with 34 infectious in the community.
There are growing calls from experts to ramp up restrictions similar to the draconian stage four lockdown in Melbourne a year ago which last for 112 days.
Professor Mark Stoove, an epidemiologist from the government-funded Burnet Institute, doesn't believe the current lockdown measures in Sydney are sufficient and called for a 'necessary' tightening of rules.