From 12.01am on Friday, up to 30 visitors can gather in households in NSW, with 50 people outdoors, while masks will no longer be compulsory in retail shopping venues.
Masks will remain mandatory for hospitality staff, on public transport and in places of worship, gaming rooms, beauticians and hairdressers.
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Weddings and funerals will be capped at 300 people fully seated and dancing will still be restricted to 20 people in a bridal party. Singing remains limited to five people in a choir.
Ms Berejiklian said NSW was on the verge of reverting to the two square metre rule, but not before all of Greater Sydney recorded two 14-day cycles of zero community transmission.
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A “concerning” number of mystery Covid-19 cases in New South Wales is “akin to a smouldering forest fire” that could suddenly flare up, an epidemiologist has said.
Prof Alexandra Martiniuk, from the University of Sydney School of Public Health, said in the absence of sources for these cases, group events on New Year’s Eve should be ticketed, controlled and seated, and it would be essential for venues to keep good records of who attended.
On Monday the NSW premier, Gladys Berejiklian, announced some restrictions around New Year’s Eve events in Sydney, but hospitality venues will be allowed to host patrons as long as they adhere to the one person per four square metres rule. People will not be able to enter a designated zone covering parts of the central business district, Circular Quay and North Sydney without a permit.
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