Victoria’s latest lockdown will end at midnight on Thursday as vaccination rates hit key benchmarks. Melburnians, who now have the dubious honour of having endured the longest combined period of lockdowns in the world during the Covid-19 pandemic, will begin to return to a more normal life with the state expected to hit 90% first… Read more »
Melbourne’s week-long lockdown will continue for another 7 days until midnight on August 19 as infection numbers from the Delta strain remain at the levels NSW saw before its 9-week lockdown began. While regional Victoria has begun to reopen, the capital reported 20 new local cases and there are 116 active locally acquired cases, with… Read more »
It goes without saying the current lockdowns are having an immense impact on small businesses and workers around the country. As many highly vaccinated countries across the world return to some level of normality, Australian businesses are closed, or operating at reduced capacity, in response to stay at home orders across. And, unlike the lockdowns… Read more »
The federal and state governments has upped the ante on support packages for NSW small businesses following the announcement of the extension of the current lockdown. Lockdown in Greater Sydney will now continue until at least 28 August 2021, The extended lockdown has moved both state and federal governments to deliver an expanded COVID-19 Business… Read more »
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 »
With roughly half of Australia in lockdown at the moment, a common experience is a warped sense of time and poor memory. What day is it? What week is it? Did I go to the supermarket yesterday, or was it the day before? Am I actually in the movie Groundhog Day and experiencing the same… Read more »
Victorians will emerge from 12 days of lockdown with a range of restrictions eased statewide from midnight tonight (July 27) as Sydney’s lockdown looks set to continue with case numbers skyrocketing. 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… Read more »
Premier Daniel Andrews has extended Victoria’s 5-day lockdown for at least another week to July 27, as South Australia premier Steven Marshall announces his state will also go into lockdown for a week from 6pm tonight, July 20. SA to lockdown after new community transmissions identified South Australian Premier Steven Marshall announced a week-long lockdown… 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 »
Premier Gladys Berejiklian has announced a one week extension to Sydney’s two-week lockdown this morning. With this latest announcement, Sydney’s lockdown will continue to midnight, Friday 16 July. The decision came following 27 new COVID-19 cases were identified in the 24 hours to 8pm Tuesday. Only 13 of those cases were in isolation during their… Read more »
The two-week lockdown of Sydney and surrounding regions will reportedly continue for a third week, with students learning from home, according to media reports. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian will officially announce the way forward at 11am on Wednesday, but the government appears to have already briefed major media that the stay-at-home order will continue for… Read more »
Sydney and surrounding regions will go into a full lockdown for a fortnight until July 9 from 6pm tonight, June 26. NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian has announced the two-week stay-at-home order for Greater Sydney, the Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Wollongong following an emergency cabinet meeting today. Weddings in those regions will be allowed to… Read more »
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