Sydney records 15 new locally-acquired coronavirus cases - all linked to the Northern Beaches cluster - as hope grows the city s new outbreak has been contained
Sydney has recorded 15 new cases of coronavirus - and all have been linked to the Northern Beaches cluster
Health Minister Brad Hazzard said virus may have come from an Australian returning from Los Angeles
All states have closed borders to Greater Sydney and Western Australia has banned all of New South Wales
UK s mutant strain of Covid-19 which is 75 per cent more contagious has been detected in hotel quarantine
Hundreds of panicked pub-goers were wrongly told they were exposed to coronavirus and must self-isolate through Christmas.
All punters who attended Manly s Hotel Steyne on December 17 received a text from NSW Health on Monday night informing them of the grim, but incorrect, news. You have been exposed to the Covid-19 virus. You may have Covid-19 and could give it to others, the message read.
Hundreds of pub-goers have been left fuming after being wrongly told they were exposed to coronavirus and must self-isolate through Christmas (Pictured: Hotel Steyne at Manly Beach)
Punters who attended Manly s Hotel Steyne on December 17 received a text from NSW Health on Monday night informing them of the grim news
Sydney reported 30 new cases of coronavirus on Sunday, 28 with confirmed links to northern beaches cluster
Infectious disease expert Professor Raina MacIntyre said Sydney needs to go into lockdown if cases rise
She warned about the dangers of Christmas and New Year s, predicting cases could hit 3,000 by January 8
Prof MacIntyre said NSW needed to improve its digital contact-tracing and efficiency of testing clinics
Thousands flee the Harbour City before state borders shut against them Sunday
Christmas ruined for thousands more locked out from visiting family interstate
No Christmas caroling, singing or chanting allowed indoors until Thursday
Expert warns of 3000 cases mid-January if short, sharp lock-down is not done
Four-square-metre rule back for NSW with Northern Beaches on full lockdown
Australian states and territories are closing their borders to New South Wales to fend off a dangerous coronavirus outbreak in Sydney s northern beaches.
The northern beaches cluster has bloomed to 68 cases and thousands of people have fled NSW seeking sanctuary in other states before the borders snap shut.
Thousands of Sydneysiders have snapped up flights to Melbourne with an onslaught of travellers fleeing south today amid fears the state s coronavirus outbreak is set to worsen.
There was clear relief for arrivals as they touched down in Melbourne, particularly for returning Melburnians.
Airline passengers wait in line to check in at Sydney s Kingsford Smith domestic airport on December 18, 2020.(Getty)
Thousands of Sydneysiders flocked to Melbourne ahead of border restrictions.(Nine) I think it s going to get worse before it gets better so seems like a good time to be coming home, one man said.
Travellers from the Northern Beaches were glad they made it south in time and say they plan to do the right thing to avoid the spread.