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Northern Beaches residents have vented their frustrations online over Christmas celebrations being cancelled after a virus cluster in the area grew to 28 cases.
A stay-at-home recommendation for the next three days has been issued by the New South Wales government but this has not yet become a public health order. For social gatherings in NSW over Christmas, please consider what is essential and follow guidelines, but we certainly don t want anyone in the Northern Beaches doing that, Premier Gladys Berejiklian said on Friday morning.
Northern beach residents (pictured) are seen lining up at a COVID-19 pop-up testing location at Avalon Recreation Centre on December 18, 2020
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All NSW residents are being asked to get tested for even the mildest COVID-19 symptoms, with NSW Health issuing the urgent appeal after a cluster of coronavirus cases in Sydney s Northern Beaches area ballooned to 28 confirmed infections.
Northern Beaches residents are also being asked to wear a mask from Friday until Monday.
Health authorities said genomic testing had confirmed the virus entered Australia from overseas, but health authorities had so far been unable to determine how it spread to the community.
The spike in cases prompted federal Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly to declare the Northern Beaches Local Government Area a hotspot on Friday, on the basis that more infections are expected, Health Minister Greg Hunt said.
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The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race is in jeapodary as boats are forced to pull out as their sailors are caught up in a coronavirus outbreak on the Northern Beaches.
Sydney s Covid-19 outbreak has grown to 28 cases after testing on Thursday identified 10 more cases linked to a cluster on the city s Northern Beaches.
Boats have had to pull out of the famous race because anyone from Sydney s Northern Beaches is banned from entering Tasmania.
The iconic Sydney to Hobart race is in jeapodary as boats have had to pull out of the annual event due to a growing coronavirus cluster on the Northern Beaches