Original article by Alexandra Smith, Lucy Cormack
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: Online : 13-Jul-21

New South Wales has reported 89 new locally-acquired COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, including at least 21 who were active in the community while they were infectious. The federal and NSW governments have responded to the growing outbreak in Greater Sydney by agreeing to provide a combined $5.1bn in COVID-19 disaster payments for businesses and individuals who have been affected by the lockdown. The funding commitment is based on expectations that the lockdown will be extended by at least four weeks. Prime Minister Scott Morrison says it is in the national interest to increase the financial support, given the severity of the Sydney outbreak, while Premier Gladys Berejiklian says the package will encourage compliance with lockdown rules.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, NEW SOUTH WALES. DEPT OF PREMIER AND CABINET

Original article by Alexandra Smith, Lucy Cormack, Mary Ward
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: Online : 7-Jul-21

The New South Wales government is set to announce that the COVID-19 lockdown in Greater Sydney will be extended until at least 16 July, following a crisis cabinet meeting. Restrictions had been slated to be eased on 9 July, but the state has recorded 18 new locally-acquired COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours; just 11 of these cases were self-isolating for the entire period they were infectious. The new cases include the sixth resident of an aged-care facility, who had been fully vaccinated; four workers at the facility have also tested positive. Meanwhile, Sydney students will return to remote learning when the school holidays end on 13 July, although schools in regional areas will re-open.

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Original article by Jill Margo, Finbar O’Mallon
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 6 : 6-Jul-21

New South Wales has reported 35 new locally-acquired COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, although 24 were in isolation while infectious and another four had been partially isolating. The new cases include three people who attended a party at an inner-Sydney hotel in breach of lockdown rules, as well as two additional residents of an aged-care home. There are now 312 active cases state-wide. Professor Raina MacIntyre believes that the state must record no more than five new cases of community transmission on 8 July for lockdown restrictions in Greater Sydney to be eased on the following day. Meanwhile, more than 600 health workers at two Sydney hospitals are self-isolating after being deemed to be close contacts of an unvaccinated student nurse who had worked at both hospitals while she was infectious with Covid-19.

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UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Original article by Mary Ward, Pallavi Singhal
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: Online : 17-Jun-21

New South Wales has recorded two locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, ending a 40-day run with no cases outside of hotel quarantine. A man in his 60s has tested positive, as has a close contact who lives with him. The man works as a driver, and his passengers have included international flight crew. Health authorities are undertaking genomic sequencing and contact-tracing to determine the source of the infection, and have identified a number of exposure sites in Sydney’s east. NSW Health is also seeking to determine how a returned traveller in hotel quarantine contracted the Alpha strain; the person was on the same flight from Doha as a couple who stayed in the adjacent hotel room and subsequently were diagnosed with this strain.

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NEW SOUTH WALES. MINISTRY OF HEALTH