The New South Wales Covid-19 outbreak is now considered to be a national emergency after the state recorded its highest daily spike with 136 new cases.
The figure prompted Gladys Berejiklian to not only announce an extension of work travel restrictions to parts of Sydney but admit that lockdown would likely not end on July 30.
Instead, Sydneysiders could be forced to live with restrictions for as long as October. There is no doubt that the numbers are not going in the direction we were hoping they would at this stage, she said. It is fairly apparent that we will not be close to [ending lockdown] next Friday.
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