Sydney is back in lockdown for the Delta variant

The New South Wales government has announced a two-week lockdown for Greater Sydney as health authorities work to bring a COVID-19 outbreak that has reached 80 cases under control.

Residents and people who have worked in four areas of Sydney's local government – Woollahra, Waverley, Randwick and City of Sydney – have been subject to segregation orders since 11:59 pm Friday.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced that these orders will be extended to include all of Greater Sydney, including the Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Wollongong and now Shellharbour from 6pm on Saturday until 11.59pm on Friday 9 July. . An area of ​​hundreds of kilometers in extension among the most inhabited in Australia.

Greater Sydney has been placed in solitary confinement as the state records 12 new coronavirus cases on a local basis.
The premier said a two-week lockdown is needed to contain community transmission of the highly contagious Delta variant.

"When you have a contagious variant like Delta, there is no point in doing a three-day blockade to clear the virus bubble in the community," the prime minister said.

The lockdown is strict and requires you to be able to leave the house only for purchases of essential goods, care, sports exercise and essential work or educational activities. We return to teleworking and distance teaching.

So the controls on flights and extremely tight borders have not even served an island state like Australia to keep the variants out. Meanwhile, there are clashes in China … but we'll talk about them separately …

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