Live breaking news: Lockdown for Sydney, Darwin, Perth and Brisbane as covid spreads
"Deliveries from Great Ocean Foods force entire households into COVID-19 isolation "Two-week lockdown for Greater Sydney, Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Wollongong""
Around half of the Aussie population is either in lockdown or will be within a few hours, as multiple states and territories battle growing Covid-19 clusters.
Ally Foster allyjfoster news.com.au June 29, 2021 2:05PM LIVE Last updated June 29, 2021 2:29PM AEST
Video Duration 3:54 - Premier Gladys Berejiklian says New South Wales has recorded 19 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 from…
Around half of the Australian population is either in lockdown or will be in lockdown within a few hours, as multiple states and territories battle rising Covid-19 cases.
From 6pm tonight, a 3-day snap lockdown to begin from 6pm for South East Queensland, Townsville (including Magnetic Island) and Palm Island. These areas will join NSW’s Greater Sydney area, the Northern Territory’s Greater Darwin area and the Perth and Peel regions of Western Australia under tough lockdown restrictions.
This adds up to more than 12 million Aussies living under stay-at-home orders as concern grows over Australia’s Covid-19 situation.
On Tuesday, NSW recorded 18 new cases, Queensland recorded two cases and the Northern Territory recorded two cases.
Here are some of today’s top developments:
* Covid-19 vaccination is now mandatory for aged care and quarantine workers
* A snap lockdown has been announced for Queensland amid new Covid-19 cases
* Parts of the country have turned on NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian for delaying Sydney’s lockdown
Follow along for today’s Covid-19 updates. You can find yesterday’s blog here.
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Huge fine after 128 head to the zoo
Vanessa Brown
A travel company has been forced to pay $5000 in fines after three busloads of tourists drove to Taronga’s Western Plans Zoo in regional NSW despite current health orders in place.
According to the animal attraction in Dubbo, when the buses arrived – which were carrying 128 guests and staff on-board – police were called by zoo staff immediately.
Police said at least 76 people on board were not supposed to leave Greater Sydney under the current health orders.
Australia's seriously negative flip-side is that we are a mile behind in percentage vaccinated.
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