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NSW reported 172 new local coronavirus cases on Tuesday, its highest daily case total since the start of Sydney’s outbreak, as the state’s health ministry announced any adult would soon be able to be vaccinated at its mass hubs.
From Friday, people aged 18 to 39 will become eligible to book in for the AstraZeneca vaccine at the state’s mass vaccination clinic. Selected pharmacies in western and south-west Sydney will also start to offer the vaccine to all adults this week.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian on Tuesday.
Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
Premier Gladys Berejiklian said both of the deaths reported on Monday were people who acquired the virus as a household contact and were not vaccinated.
Friday
I pick up the keys to the new flat and meet the removalist, Mohammed. I ask him if heâs had a busy day and he says yes â heâs been flat-out because thereâs rumours of a longer lockdown and there were all these last-minute bookings because âpeople are freaking out and putting their furniture in storage and moving with their kids to their parentsâ house outside the lockdown zonesâ. That seems weird. Not the bit about people fleeing the eastern suburbs, but the storage bit.
But I guess Mohammed is not paid to ask why.
Heâs picked up my friend Alyxâs fridge from Newtown. Itâs enormous and I almost perish under it as Mohammed tries to take it down a flight of stairs with me trying to steady it from below. Itâs so enormous it doesnât fit in the kitchen so it must go in the bedroom. This doesnât bode well. How many well-adjusted people have an enormous fridge in their bedroom?
NSW has recorded 19 cases overnight as Sydney endures third day of lockdown
All but two cases linked to known outbreaks; 67,000 tests conducted in 24 hours
Only seven cases in isolation for the entire time they were infectious, however
Grants from $5,000 to $10,000 also announced for Covid-hit NSW businesses
Follows Scott Morrison announcing key changes to Australia s vaccine rollout
National cabinet held emergency meeting Monday to discuss Covid outbreaks
Concerns are growing the Delta Covid variant is spreading faster in children
New infections included two at South Coogee Public School in Sydney s east
More than 1,300 students at Rose Bay Secondary School are in self-isolation
Epidemiologist said evidence globally showed risk Delta may pose in children
Said Delta may create a different situation in schools than original virus strain
Chicken shop in the inner-west and JB Hi-Fi in Bondi Junction added to list
Karl s Charcoal Chicken in Marrickville confirmed as high-exposure site
Bus lines from Drummoyne, along with T3 and T4 trains among routes added
Bondi Beach McDonald s and Macquarie Bank have also been exposed to virus
The Meriton Suites Hotel in Mascot was also listed by NSW Health on Tuesday