Sydney’s month-long lockdown will be extended by at least another four weeks, with Australian authorities failing to flatten an outbreak of daily Covid-19 cases that on Wednesday surged to another record. New South Wales state Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the lockdown has been extended until at least August 28.
The restrictions began on June 26, when 12 new cases were recorded in the local community. The city’s outbreak has since swelled fueled by the spread of the highly-contagious delta variant — with 177 more cases recorded on Wednesday, she told reporters. Sydney’s month-long lockdown will be extended by at least another four weeks.
With Australian authorities failing to flatten an outbreak of daily Covid-19 cases that on Wednesday surged to another record. New South Wales state Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the lockdown has been extended until at least August 28.
The restrictions began on June 26, when 12 new cases were recorded in the local community. The city’s outbreak has since swelled fueled by the spread of the highly-contagious delta variant with 177 more cases recorded on Wednesday, she told reporter.
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