Australia expanded a COVID-19 lockdown to a rural town and the coastal region of Byron Bay on Monday, as fears grew that the virus has spread from Sydney to the northern tip of the country’s most populous state says an article on Reuters.
Concerns over covid-spread
Australia expands COVID lockdown over concern virus has spread from Sydney. Tamworth, and Byron Baydney, will both enter a seven-day lockdown, New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said.
Lockdown as precaution
Neither Tamworth nor Byron Bay has yet recorded a COVID-19 case, but Berejiklian said two infected people had contravened travel bans and traveled there. “As a precaution, the health experts have recommended we lock down Tamworth for one week,” Berejiklian told reporters.
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Source: Reuters
