State government grants of up to $10,000 will be available up until July 19 th, one week after the current lockdown is due to end. While some businesses can still open, with the consumer restrictions in place, there simply won’t be the usual number of people out shopping”.įor smaller businesses, the impact could be even worse. The restrictions will result in around $2 billion in lost retail trade. Australian Retailers Association (ARA) CEO Paul Zahra said the current imposed measures would result in detrimental effects to the retail industry: “We can’t ignore the fact that today’s announcement is a devastating blow for retailers, in particular small businesses who were already struggling due to the ongoing Covid impacts. The decision was made as a result of the growing number of Covid 19 cases in Sydney. Businesses forced to close or only provide ‘essential’ services in central Sydney and the surrounding areas are expected to lose millions in lost trade and wasted product. Major banks in Australia such as Westpac, National Australia Bank, Commonwealth Bank and ANZ have indicated they will be assisting businesses affected by the current lockdown. Banks have offered temporary relief for the many businesses facing closures Loading.Lockdown has now been imposed in Sydney until July 9 th with areas on the Northern hemisphere facing even stricter measures. There have been 241 COVID-19 related deaths in NSW since 16 June 2021, and 297 in total since the start of the pandemic.Īcross NSW, 81.9 per cent of the over-16 population has received a first dose COVID-19 vaccine, and 51.9 per cent are fully vaccinated. Nine of the fatalities were not vaccinated, two had received one dose and two people - a man in his 80s and a woman in her 70s - were fully vaccinated and had underlying health conditions. One person was in their 40s, two in their 50s, two in their 60s, five in their 70s and three in their 80s. The 13 deaths were nine men and four women.

'We don't want to jump the gun have stabilised and appear to be dropping in some areas where we have had rapidly increasing vaccination uptake as well as good compliance,' he said.ĭr McAnulty said there were some regions which had seen climbing infection rates, including Illawarra and the Central Coast. NSW Health's Jeremy McAnulty said it was too soon to say if the state had turned a corner in the Delta outbreak, but health data was 'encouraging'. 'I want to take this opportunity to thank those communities in Western and south-western Sydney who have been doing it tougher so long.

'From tomorrow, very pleasingly, all areas of concern will be equalised … everything will be the same across Greater Sydney,' Ms Berejiklian said. On September 27, all public pools in NSW will reopen, provided councils have a COVID-safe plan approved by NSW Health.Ĭatch up on the latest COVID-19 news here The authorised worker conditions and the travel permit requirements, however, will remain in place for those 12 LGAs. A person from an LGA of concern can also now be a buddy for someone in Greater Sydney A person’s single’s bubble buddy can live in Greater Sydney (previously must have resided within 5km of a person’s home).

Attend a small wedding (maximum 11 people) in Greater Sydney as a guest (previously only allowed in their LGA).Shopping, exercise, and outdoor recreation can be done 5km from home or within your LGA (previously only 5km from home).Previously only fully vaccinated household members could gather outdoors, or up to two fully vaccinated people from different households Outdoor gatherings of up to five fully vaccinated people (not including children aged 12 and under) will be allowed in a person’s LGA or within 5km of home.No limit on the duration of outdoor exercise and recreation (previously a two-hour limit).The state's local government areas (LGAs) of concern will from Monday be subjected to the same lockdown rules and stay-at-home orders as the rest of Greater Sydney.įrom 12:01am, the following will be permitted in the LGAs of Bayside, Blacktown, Burwood, Campbelltown, Canterbury-Bankstown, Cumberland, Fairfield, Georges River, Liverpool, Parramatta, Strathfield, and Penrith: For most, the threat posed by Covid has eased 92.4 of Australians over the age of 16 are. Sunday's count of 13 deaths was the highest ever recorded in NSW within a 24-hour period and included an unvaccinated Western Sydney man who was diagnosed with COVID-19 after his death. Australia recorded more cases in the first two weeks of 2022 than in the previous two years combined.

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