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NSW Police will be empowered to shut down businesses and worksites it deems to be a risk to public health during Sydney’s COVID-19 lockdown.
The escalation of police powers comes in response to a “small number of people” not complying with lockdown measures, Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said on Thursday.
The state tallied 239 new local cases of COVID-19, the highest number since the beginning of the pandemic.
NSW Police will be granted the power to close Sydney businesses and construction sites it deems are a risk to public health after the state recorded its highest number of new coronavirus cases in the community since the outbreak began.