Holidaymakers rushed to Sydney Airport to flee the Harbour City as the coronavirus cluster continues to grow
Most travellers wore face masks in the terminal with outbreak threatening Christmas plans across the nation
New South Wales recorded 30 new cases of coronavirus but not a single one outside the Northern Beaches
Victoria, Queensland are shutting their bodies to anyone from Greater Sydney with locals urged to go home
Strict restrictions which will hit Christmas plans across Sydney are in force - here s what you need to know about the new rules
New South Wales recorded 30 new cases of coronavirus but not a single one outside the Northern Beaches
New restrictions have been imposed for Greater Sydney with maximum of 10 people allowed in homes
Victoria, Queensland are shutting their bodies to anyone from Greater Sydney with locals urged to go home
There are now 68 cases as part of the Northern Beaches cluster, plunging 270,000 people into lockdown
The strain of the virus is believed to be from US but disease detectives have not worked out how it escaped
There are fears thousands of Sydneysiders have been exposed to COVID-19 following an outbreak in the Northern Beaches, as the list of potentially infected locations soars to 70 across the city.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian warned on Saturday afternoon she could tighten coronavirus restrictions within 24 hours if the outbreak worsened as her state battles 41 community cases less than a week out from Christmas.
On Saturday night, the situation did get worse.
A NSW Health alert revealed positive COVID-19 cases travelled beyond the Northern Beaches and into the inner-city, inner west and western suburbs.
NSW Health s terrifying list of potentially infected locations has soared to 70. This map highlights Homebush, St Peters, Erskineville and Surry Hills among the newly identified
Gladys Berejiklian has warned venues across New South Wales to clean up their act when it comes to QR code check-ins - labelling some absolutely hopeless .
The Premier announced on Friday that Sydney s Covid-19 outbreak has grown to 28 cases after 10 more infections were linked to a cluster on the harbour city s northern beaches.
Over 270,000 residents from the Spit Bridge to Palm Beach have been asked to stay at home for at least three days.
Gladys Berejiklian has warned venues across New South Wales to clean up their act when it comes to QR code check-ins - labelling some absolutely hopeless
Sydney must keep its growing coronavirus outbreak to less than 100 new cases a day to have any hope of containing it, experts warn.
The first three days of an outbreak is vital to stopping the spread because once cases reach that threshold it is almost impossible to trace.
The outbreak now sits at 28 cases over two days with tends of thousands of tests conducted, but that number could grow immensely over the weekend.
Although New South Wales health authorities have moved quickly on the northern peninsula, the state s Covid detectives have not been able to pinpoint patient zero and the initial source of the outbreak.