And it’s also regrettably, because of that, the worst situation Australia’s been in,” Berejiklian said on Saturday.Īs the situation escalates, it is becoming increasingly unlikely Australia’s largest city Sydney will end its nine-week lockdown on August 28 as originally planned. “We have to accept that this is the worst situation New South Wales has been in since day one. NSW will increase fines to people breaching lockdown rules in the state, where police will fine people up to A$5,000 ($3,700) “on the spot” for breaching stay-at-home orders or for lying to contract-tracing officials, said state Premier Gladys Berejiklian.
The lockdown began at 5pm (07:00 GMT) and will last for at least seven days, according to the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper. “To minimise movement and protect our communities from the evolving COVID situation in Sydney, stay-at-home orders will be introduced for all of Regional NSW from 5pm tonight,” the state’s Deputy Premier John Barilaro wrote on social media. The order comes as locally transmitted infections jumped by 466 over the previous 24 hours in the country’s most populous state. Australia’s most populous state New South Wales (NSW) went into a snap lockdown on Saturday as COVID-19 cases continue to surge.
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