Greater Sydney will remain in lockdown for another four weeks at the daily Covid cases continue to climb to record levels. There were 177 new cases to 8pm Tuesday, with 74 linked to a known case or cluster – 60 are household contacts and 14 are close contacts – and the source of infection for… Read more »
The NSW government is set to extend Sydney’s Covid-19 lockdown for another month – a total of nine weeks – on Wednesday after the state hit a new record of 172 daily infections. Media reports on Tuesday night say what many tracking the daily case numbers already suspect – that Australia’s biggest city, home to… Read more »
Victorians will begin to emerge from 12 days of lockdown tonight, with a range of restrictions eased statewide from midnight on July 27. Restaurants, gyms, retailers and personal grooming businesses can reopen, but with density limits, with Victoria’s ski fields reopening too, although skiers will need to return a negative Covid test before heading to… Read more »
Pfizer doses in NSW will be spaced out to enable more first jabs to be administered quickly, as the Berejiklian government on Friday declared the Sydney COVID crisis a “national emergency”. But the plea by the state for Pfizer doses to be diverted to Sydney as part of a refocusing of the national vaccine program… Read more »
Sydney’s COVID-19 outbreak has been declared a national emergency and residents more suburbs in the capital’s south-west will be banned from leaving their region under stricter lockdown laws. People who live in the Cumberland and Blacktown local government areas (LGAs) will also be added to the list of workers who are not allowed to leave… Read more »
When pandemic lockdowns hit leading Melbourne chef Shane Delia last year, he became a startup entrepreneur, launching Providoor, a restaurant meal delivery service taking on the tech giants and putting more money back into the pockets of struggling restaurateurs. In the last 12 months Providoor generated more than $40 million in revenue for the Melbourne… Read more »
Victoria’s 5-day lockdown will now last for at least for another seven days to July 27, joined by South Australia which is also going into lockdown for a week from 6pm tonight, July 20. South Australian Premier Steven Marshall announced a week-long lockdown on Tuesday morning. The state has five cases linked to the current… Read more »
Victoria has entered a five-day lockdown to control its growing outbreak of the more infectious Delta variant. Until midnight on Tuesday restrictions mean residents are only allowed to leave home for essential reasons, can only travel five kilometres away from home, and need to wear masks outside the home, among other measures. Breaking: Victoria has… Read more »
All construction in Sydney will cease and non-essential retailers will close until at least July 30 as COVID-19 infections across the city remain high. There were 111 new cases of the Delta strain in the 24 hours to 8pm on Friday, with 29 active in the community during the infectious period. NSW recorded 111 new… Read more »
A ‘warm’ COVID-19 vaccine being developed by scientists from India and Australia, suitable for remote regions lacking access to the cold storage needed to transport current vaccines, appears to be effective against new strains of the virus currently pushing Australian states back into lockdown. The CSIRO has been evaluating the heat-tolerant COVID-19 vaccine formulations developed… Read more »
Kayla Itsines, the Australian personal trainer who used social media to become the world’s biggest fitness influencer, with more than 13 million Instagram followers, has sold her Sweat app to US connected fitness software company iFIT for $200 million. It’s a spectacular exit for Itsines, 30, who, when she first began posting client success pictures… Read more »
Sydney and surrounds will remain in lockdown for at least five weeks, with NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian announcing a two-week extension to the restrictions until Friday, July 30. “It always hurts to say this,” the Premier said, announcing the third extension of the lockdown since it began on June 26. “We will assess the situation… Read more »
Amazon Australia’s largest fulfilment centre in Sydney was shut today for deep cleaning after two workers at the site returned positive tests for COVID-19. The 44,000-square-metre distribution warehouse at Moorebank in Sydney’s southwest – the current epicentre of the Sydney outbreak – stocks more then 500,000 products. How long it remains offline will determine the… Read more »
NSW businesses and others hit by Sydney’s ongoing COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown will receive additional support from a financial support package announced by the NSW and federal governments. The funding aims to improve business cash flows and ease the pressure on small business owners and individuals. Prime minister Scott Morrison and NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian… Read more »
Signing in on the Service NSW QR code is mandatory at all workplaces and retail businesses from today, July 12. The change comes as Sydney recorded a record 112 locally acquired cases in the 24 hours to 8pm Sunday. More than half, 64, are linked to a known case or cluster, including 41 as household contacts… Read more »
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