Masks will no longer have to be worn indoors for fully vaccinated people, both in retail and hospitality settings as well as in offices. People in Melbourne start putting teddy bears in their windows for children to find on daily exercise walks. Residents of regional LGAs can travel to other areas, but cannot enter Sydney for holidays. Carpooling is allowed again, and caravan parks can now reopen. [63] Residents of the Northern Beaches LGA were required to stay at home from 5pm on Saturday 19 December, until 11:59pm on Wednesday 23December unless they had a lawful reason to travel, including for: essential shopping; essential travel for work and to or from a school or educational institution; exercise; medical care, carer's responsibilities or compassionate needs. 1) Stage 2: minimal restrictions in place corresponding to the situation early in the NSW Delta outbreak 2) Stage 3: approximating restrictions in place in NSW, between 9 and 17 July (a soft lockdown) 3) Stage 4: Victorian style hard lockdown, put in place in NSW on 18 July. Two had travelled to Wuhan, China, and the third was a close contact of the two travellers. With an outbreak of the Delta variant spreading rapidly, Australian officials on Saturday introduced a strict two-week lockdown for all of greater Sydney and the regions surrounding the nations largest city. Multiple lockdowns happened in New South Wales in 2021. worldwide to bring our readers ways to connect with their cities and support urban culture without leaving home. [9], In March 2020, the Secretary of the New South Wales Department of Education, Mark Scott ordered that, effective immediately, New South Wales schools introduce social distancing measures to reduce the spread of coronavirus[10] and New South Wales Minister for Health and Medical Research Brad Hazzard announced that he was using his powers, under Section 7 of the 'Public Health Act 2010', to immediately and indefinitely cancel all public events with more than 500 attendees. Panic buying leaves supermarket shelves bare, leading the prime minister to urge calm and compassion at the shops:There is no issue with food supply in Australia, but there is an issue with the behaviour of Australians in supermarkets.". Fines were applied from 4 January (Monday). We are not there yet but the end is in sight, he said. No more than 10 people were allowed in homes in Greater Sydney, Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Illawarra-Shoalhaven. An expanded lockdown now covers 5m people in Greater Sydney, as . Woollahra, Waverley, Randwick, and the City of Sydney, including the CBD. "Every vaccine we do is a step closer to our freedom," Mr Mardini said. one-day 'grace period' for planned weddings and funerals in the regional areas that have not already been subject to a lockdown. Professor Martiniuk said everyone, but particularly healthcare workers, were tired after more than two years of the pandemic. Try another? [14] For much of the time the borders were open during 2021, people returning to NSW from Victoria were required to quarantine. Health officials have asked for extra doses from Australias federal government, and demand for the vaccines has skyrocketed after months of complacency. Public gatherings were limited to two persons. Anti-lockdown protest in Sydney city on the 21st August. "I want to go out, meet my friends, eat out and have a drink.". Gyms and fitness studios can reopen with up to ten people per class and 100 people in an indoor venue; Childrens sport and community sports competition can resume; and. The chronology includes separate tables for announcements in each [54], As early as mid-April 2021, the scheme was said by some regional NSW residents to be "city centric". National cabinet encourages wearing masks to combat COVID-19. Why has Australia switched tack on Covid zero? There are now just under 1,000 people in hospital with COVID. Lockdown orders end for Sydney's northern beaches. Pubs are reopening and home gatherings are allowed from Monday but only fully vaccinated people will enjoy the new freedoms in the first stage. [49], As of 1April2022[update], there have been 17,509,209 vaccines have been administered. Everyone is trying (and failing) to make sourdough. This 70% level was predicted to happen in mid-October. International airline travel ceases and domestic airline travel plummets 19-Mar-20 Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin supend all international flights and Qantas stands down 20,000 employees RBA slashes cash rate to record low of 0.25% 20-Mar-20 Global cases of COVID-19 surpass 234,000 with 9,800 deaths Italy's death toll passes China's Lockdown orders end for Sydney's northern beaches. Midnight rush for shops and pubs as Sydney reopens. Numerous anti-lockdown protests across the state on 31 August. From 6 p.m. today, all of greater Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast and Wollongong will go into a lockdown with stay-at-home orders in place until midnight, Friday, the ninth of July. Lockdown measures ease in regional Victoria but remain in metropolitan Melbourne. Health minister says Victoria will open for summer; Everest race day doubles capacity to 10,000; NSW lockdown lifts - as it happened. Published June 26, 2021 Updated July 21, 2021; Victoria announces tough new lockdown measures, including the 5km rule and an overnight curfew. They will all have to be vaccinated. Western Sydney University studentJohnny Mardini is one of hundreds of students helping the state inch closer to the 70 per cent target when more freedoms will be allowed. Sunday, June 20. We already have this email. February 18, 2021 Victoria's third lockdown ends. Maree Teesson, a mental health researcher from the University of Sydney, said young people aged between 16 and 25, especially young women, had borne the brunt of the pandemic. There were long queues for barbers and nail salons on Monday. Sydney, Australia, enters full lockdown for the first time in more than a year to fight the Delta variant. Australia's largest city, Sydney, has emerged from Covid lockdown after almost four months, with locals celebrating a range of new freedoms. By New Year's Day, more than 22,000 cases a day were recorded and the spike saw queues snaking around the block of testing clinics. This article was originally written on July 4, 2022 and has since been updated and fact-checked. But if you must work outside the home, youre able to do that. [65], New Year's Eve celebrations were restricted in Sydney city, around the harbour and suburbs. Some went to an online or streaming format. Personal services will still have to comply with the one person per 4 sq metres rule. Two had travelled to Wuhan, China, and the third was a close contact of the two travellers. Locals rushed to get vaccinated once more vaccines arrived in the country and then-Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced the state's vaccine targets. 5.3.1 Agricultural worker shortage. Sydneysidersare restricted to 5km of home. The NSW lockdown will be extended by four weeks, according to reports. Major recreation outdoor facilities including stadiums, racecourses, theme parks and zoos can operate with one person per 2 sq m. Gyms and indoor recreation facilities, including indoor pools, can operate with uncapped capacities in line with the one person per 2 sq metres density rule. NSW Health began accepting RATs as proof of infection on January 13. On 7 July in NSW, the lockdown in Greater Sydney was extended for 7 days until 12:01am on 17 July. Digital Covid-19 warning signs in the Lane Cove National Park on July 27, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. "It's been a difficult 100 days," state Premier Dominic Perrottet said on Monday. Community sport isnt allowed to restart just yet. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. All rights reserved. More than 10,000 Australians have now died of Covid-19. HSC student Joshua Dela Torre is not only grappling with schoolwork, but also his future as a dancer. New South Wales continues to record new community COVID-19 cases and is working to stop the . The state has not yet imposed a system to check vaccination status, leaving it up to individual businesses. Community sport will be allowed to restart, while the density rule of one person per 4 sq metres remains for gyms, classes still capped at 20. The NSW government announces that from May 15, the following will be allowed: The Victorian government announces an easing of restrictions, allowing: Time Out announces the winners of the Time In Awards, supporting businesses and organisations that pivoted tonew initiatives during lockdowns. February 22, 2021. Entertainment and information facilities remain open under the one person per 4 sq metres rule or a 75% fixed seating capacity, whichever is larger. Stay-at-home orders were removed for them; non-essential retailers, hairdressers, and hospitality venues were among those able to re-open to people who could prove their full-vaccinated status; masks were no longer mandatory in the open, though still required indoors in public places and on public transport. The graphs below show 10,000 runs of each scenario. More than two months in to what was initially only intended to be a two week lockdown, it's safe to say those of us in NSW are itching to be set free! Catch up on the latestCOVID-19 news here. At this stage, students are set to return to campuses in Greater Sydney, the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong and Shellharbour on Monday, July 19. SinceJune 24, more than 1 million people in the state had received at least one disaster payment. 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