SYDNEY, Aug 9 — Australia’s most populous state of New South Wales expanded its Covid-19 lockdown to the rural town of Tamworth on Monday due to concerns the virus may have spread from Sydney into the countryside. State Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced the lockdown of the farming town after...
SYDNEY, Aug 9 — Australia’s most populous state of New South Wales expanded its Covid-19 lockdown to the rural town of Tamworth on Monday due to concerns the virus may have spread from Sydney into the countryside.
Officials also urged people in the Byron Bay area to get tested after a man travelled from Sydney, the epicentre of the state’s outbreak, to the tourist spot about 767 km to the north. Neighbouring Victoria state said it would ease restrictions after reporting 11 new Covid-19 cases, the same as the previous day.
In Brisbane, capital of Queensland state, authorities reported four new local cases on Monday, the first day after the city came out of stay-home restrictions.
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