Lockdown continues: Australia’s biggest state will NOT relax any coronavirus restrictions despite national guidelines to ease the rules
New South Wales will not relax any coronavirus restrictions until next week, Premier Gladys Berejiklian said today.
On Friday the national cabinet will set out a three-step framework to ease the rules – but state and territory leaders will be able to chose when.
Premier Berejiklian today said she will not be changing any rules until after Mothers’ Day.
New South Wales will not relax any coronavirus restrictions until next week, Premier Gladys Berejiklian said today
State and federal leaders will decide on what rules are to be eased on Friday at a crucial national cabinet meeting. Cafes are pegged as one of the first places likely to reopen
Gatherings of more than two people could be allowed under new national guidelines – but NSW will not be following them straight away
This means only four adults and their dependent children can gather at one time.
‘I want to manage expectations and say if national cabinet does suggest easing of restrictions, they won’t be able to be made in time for Mother’s Day,’ the Premier said.
‘Two adults and children can visit any mother at any one time and a mother can accept multiple visits a day so long as there is no too many people for each visit,’ she added.
However, Ms Berejiklian said life will start to return to normal over the coming weeks.
‘As we proceed through May and through June, there will be an easing of restrictions and that’s something all of us can look forward to. I suspect by the end of June, life will feel much more normal than it does now.’
On Wednesday New South Wales recorded three new coronavirus cases – all from known sources – from a record 10,000 tests.
Currently under national baseline rules people are allowed to leave their houses to exercise with no more than one other person from outside their own household. Pictured: People walking along a path in Burleigh Heads
Pictured: Last drinks at the Pyrmont Bridge Hotel in Sydney before bars closed on March 23. They could soon reopen