AdvertisementPremier Gladys Berejiklian has brought in a raft of tough new social distancing restrictions in a desperate bid to contain the highly contagious Delta strain after Sydney recorded another 44 local cases of Covid-19 overnight. 'New South Wales is facing the biggest challenge we have faced since the pandemic started and I don't take it lightly,' she said. Greater Sydney residents from Friday evening will only be allowed to exercise outdoors in groups of two - down from the 10 previously allowed. But we are facing the greatest threat that we have faced in New South Wales and the pandemic started. He said the federal government was working on what extra financial support it could deliver to New South Wales residents if lockdown goes into a fourth week.

Source: Daily Mail July 09, 2021 01:03 UTC