Five million Sydneysiders could be stuck in lockdown until at least August, a leading infectious disease expert has claimed.
Residents across Greater Sydney were hoping restrictions would be lifted on Saturday morning but now face the grim reality of five more weeks in isolation.
Professor Mary-Louise McLaws said it would take at least a month to get Covid numbers down and even longer to eliminate community transmission completely.
Sydney could be in lockdown until at least August, as tensions mount over extra police attention in the city s Covid-hit west and south-west
Mary-Louise McLaws, professor of epidemiology at UNSW, claimed it could be five weeks before community transmission of the Indian Delta variant of Covid 19 slows in Sydney
New South Wales recorded 50 new coronavirus cases on Saturday after three-consecutive days of record numbers as the premier warned things are going to get worse before they get better .
Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirmed the new cases in a press conference in Sydney after introducing further restrictions on the current stay-at-home-orders on Friday.
She says most concerningly there were 26 active cases in the community, saying too many residents were cutting corners and flouting the rules . That is the number we need to get down to as close to zero as possible, Ms Berejiklian said. When you know that there are 26 cases infectious in the community, the only conclusion we can draw is that things are going to get worse before they get better.
Urgent Covid alert for one of Sydney s busiest areas after infected shopper visited a string of stores including Coles, Aldi and Kmart - here s the full list of exposed venues as city records 50 new cases and Gladys warns: It will get worse
New South Wales recorded 50 new cases on Saturday in record increase
Sydney could be in lockdown into August because of community
transmission
Broadway Sydney Shopping Centre was visited by positive case on July 8
Stores Kmart, JB Hi Fi, Coles, Aldi, Harvey Norman and Liquorland all affected