Covid 19 coronavirus: Sydney group grows, restrictions will remain in place

New South Wales registered eight new cases of community transmission today, the same number as yesterday.

New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said just under 42,000 people turned out to be screened yesterday, calling it an “incredibly high number.”

Berejiklian announced that most of the restrictions in place in the greater Sydney area will remain in place, with only a few changes being implemented.

On December 24, 25 and 26, the people of Greater Sydney will be able to welcome 10 people into their homes.

“Please make sure there is only one group in your home in Greater Sydney,” Berejiklian said.

“You cannot mix groups. You cannot have different lists, have half the family in the morning and the other half at night. It is not possible.”

“All other restrictions” will remain in effect through the Christmas period, he said.

Part of the northern part of the Playas del Norte will remain closed for the next few days, with a new limit to be implemented in the area.

Berejiklian said there were two distinct parts of the Northern Beaches, with the northern part of the area labeled the “epicenter” of the Covid-19 cluster.

“For the people of the northern part of the northern beaches, unfortunately you cannot move outside your community, outside of that limit. You cannot accept that no one was outside that limit in your limit, but you can accept five people from within of that community. “Berejiklian said.

New South Wales fights back on border closures

New South Wales may refuse to accept interstate residents returning from abroad for hotel quarantine, as anger grows toward other states for swiftly closing their borders over the Northern Beaches outbreak.

All states and territories have implemented different levels of restrictions for residents of New South Wales, causing chaos in the travel plans of millions of Australians days before Christmas and sparking outrage from Premier Gladys Berejiklian.

New South Wales Deputy Prime Minister John Barilaro on Tuesday signaled the possibility of forcing other states to bring their own residents to hotel quarantine, amid government frustration that New South Wales endures the worst part of the risk.

“We will have a lot of notice, we will know who is coming and we could organize a commercial or charter flight,” Barilaro told the Australian newspaper.

“They don’t want to pay but they want to lecture us … they are not the ones carrying the heavy load.”

Berejiklian on Tuesday criticized his counterparts for causing “suffering” to residents of New South Wales and raised the issue of quarantining the hotel.

“We know that infection rates are increasing abroad,” he told reporters.

“We were not here to tell you how many there were Queenslanders or Victorians. I feel like New South Wales has done more than its fair share and I ask other states to do the same and I hope other states will join.”

Berejiklian said that when New South Wales made decisions about imposing restrictions, it considered not only health impacts “but also social impacts, which means for the general population: you have to weigh the medical risk against the risk of other things that will harm the community. “

“That’s why we waited until Victoria consistently had 140, 120, 180 cases a day before closing our border,” he said.

“That was a big step that we took. We made sure the decisions we make consider the eight million people in the state, and not just particular groups in one place or another.”