Frustrated Sydneysiders have unleashed their fury at the NSW Premier by sending her a death threat on the side of a city train, as tensions hit a breaking point in Sydney s Covid-hit western suburbs.
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The Greater Sydney lockdown will be extended by at least four weeks, with a raft of new rules set to come into place.
Authorities have confirmed the current stay-at-home orders for Greater Sydney - including the Central Coast, the Blue Mountains, Wollongong and Shellharbour - will remain in place until 28 August.
It comes as New South Wales announced 177 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases and one further death.
“It was fairly obvious, given the way the numbers were going in the last few days, it would have not been possible for us to get out of lockdown tomorrow or Friday,” Premier Gladys Berejiklian told reporters on Wednesday.
Liverpool Hospital and Westmead Hospital in Sydney have been hit by Covid-19
A pregnant woman tested positive on Wednesday after cesarean at Liverpool
A doctor at hospital has also tested positive, forcing non urgent surgery to stop
Nurse in Westmead Hospital has caught virus and cleaners are refusing to clean
More than 70 paramedics have been forced into isolation as close contacts
Sydney s exposure sites surged past 400 as New South Wales recorded 97 new Covid cases on Friday.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian held crisis talks about tightening Sydney s lockdown restrictions after 29 of those cases were out in the community for the entire time while infectious.
NSW Health said 49 of the infections are household contacts and 14 are close contacts. Sixty-seven (69 per cent) of the new cases were found in south-west Sydney.
Health officials also found 14 cases of Covid-19 in south-east Sydney in the 24 hours to 8pm on Thursday night and nine in the city s west.
There are now 18 patients suffering from the virus in intensive care wards across NSW and five of them are on ventilators.
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The small car park at the Prairiewood Youth and Community Centre in Sydney’s south-west is full as teachers, school staff and aged care workers line up for their COVID-19 vaccines. Many were excited and relieved to finally roll up their sleeves after months of trying to get an appointment.
Health staff and NSW Rural Fire Service volunteers walked up and down the queue, ensuring people had checked in via a QR code, checking appointment times and waving them through the doors to receive their jab. Despite a few technical issues, those awaiting vaccines were processed without too many difficulties.