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More snap lockdowns on the horizon
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For the next four months Australians should expect to endure more snap lockdowns with experts predicting further outbreaks of the highly contagious Delta coronavirus variant.
Melbourne’s roads and cycling paths, seen here from Footscray, were quiet on Tuesday morning in Victoria’s fifth lockdown.
Credit:Jason South
They argue each new Delta outbreak must be crushed back down to zero cases with “accelerated” public health measures, including snap lockdowns.
Victoria’s stay-at-home orders were extended on Monday after 16 infections were detected. NSW is enduring a prolonged lockdown and other states have restrictions in place as the nation struggles to contain a spread of fast-moving Delta.
NSW records 105 new cases of Covid, with 27 infectious in the community
Sydney businesses have been given a $15,000 relief package through lockdown
Of the new cases, 76 were identified in southwest Sydney, the epicentre of virus
Dr Kerry Chant is begging anyone who celebrates Eid to follow lockdown orders
Chief health officer also said cases are cropping up across metropolitan Sydney
The analysis revealed only 30 to 40 per cent of Sydney residents are complying
If numbers don t drastically improve, lockdown could be extended for months
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced 111 new case numbers on Saturday
Man in his 80s also died from southwest Sydney, more restrictions introduced
Scores of people out in groups bigger than two in Manly and Rushcutters Bay