NSW has recorded 15 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hour reporting period. The locally acquired cases are all linked to the Avalon cluster. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says more than 38,000 people came forward for testing. It comes after the state recorded 30 new coronavirus cases yesterday, of which 28 were linked to the Northern Beaches cluster while two were under investigation. Authorities have issued a late night health warning for locations across Sydney as a mad rush to exit the city ramps up today. Sydney Airport was packed with travellers overnight as people rushed to flee the city. As of Sunday midnight, all states and territories have moved to restrict their borders from NSW residents travelling from Greater Sydney.
Sydney records 15 new locally-acquired coronavirus cases - all linked to the Northern Beaches cluster - as hope grows the city s new outbreak has been contained
Sydney has recorded 15 new cases of coronavirus - and all have been linked to the Northern Beaches cluster
Health Minister Brad Hazzard said virus may have come from an Australian returning from Los Angeles
All states have closed borders to Greater Sydney and Western Australia has banned all of New South Wales
UK s mutant strain of Covid-19 which is 75 per cent more contagious has been detected in hotel quarantine
Hundreds of panicked pub-goers were wrongly told they were exposed to coronavirus and must self-isolate through Christmas.
All punters who attended Manly s Hotel Steyne on December 17 received a text from NSW Health on Monday night informing them of the grim, but incorrect, news. You have been exposed to the Covid-19 virus. You may have Covid-19 and could give it to others, the message read.
Hundreds of pub-goers have been left fuming after being wrongly told they were exposed to coronavirus and must self-isolate through Christmas (Pictured: Hotel Steyne at Manly Beach)
Punters who attended Manly s Hotel Steyne on December 17 received a text from NSW Health on Monday night informing them of the grim news
Sydney reported 30 new cases of coronavirus on Sunday, 28 with confirmed links to northern beaches cluster
Infectious disease expert Professor Raina MacIntyre said Sydney needs to go into lockdown if cases rise
She warned about the dangers of Christmas and New Year s, predicting cases could hit 3,000 by January 8
Prof MacIntyre said NSW needed to improve its digital contact-tracing and efficiency of testing clinics
COVID-19 restrictions come into effect in attempt to stop spread of Northern Beaches cluster
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New restrictions are in now in place across Sydney until midnight Wednesday.
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Sydneysiders have woken to tougher new restrictions aimed at stemming the spread of COVID-19 cases from the Northern Beaches outbreak.
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It comes as other states and territories declared Greater Sydney a hotspot
There are now 68 cases of community transmission in NSW
It comes as NSW braces for more cases of community transmission and several other Australian states and territories have closed their borders to Greater Sydney.