14 Aug 2021 3:10 pm AEST Date Time. 6 Aug . 8:40 am AEST. Every key date on the roadmap out of lockdown has now been revealed. By Daniella White. COVID-19 pandemic in Australia Total confirmed cases per 100,000 residents by state or territory (as of 26 August 2021) Active cases per 100,000 residents by state or territory (as of 26 August 2021) Disease COVID-19 Virus strain SARS-CoV-2 Location Australia First outbreak Wuhan, Hubei, China Index case Melbourne, Victoria Arrival date 25 January 2020 (2 years, 4 months, 2 weeks and 2 days . Save. The Australian state of New South Wales has reported 30 new Covid cases on the second day of Greater Sydney's two-week lockdown. Parts of NSW will come out of lockdown on Saturday, and the rest can look forward to increased freedoms in mid-October, the Premier has said. The Hunter New England Health District recorded five new cases, all in Newcastle. Share . Sydney exited lockdown after New South Wales state reached a 70% double-dose vaccination target for over-16s. Sun 10 Oct 2021 17.17 EDT First published on Wed 6 Oct 2021 12.30 EDT New South Wales has reached 70% double-dose vaccination coverage of the adult population and, as a result, fully vaccinated . Insurers welcomes new Albanese Government. Mayors from the Byron, Ballina, Tweed, Lismore, Richmond Valley and Kyogle councils have united to ask the NSW Government to lift the lock-down for the region at midnight on 10 September. An outbreak which started on June 16 with a single limousine driver has now claimed the lives of more than 360 people in NSW and put millions of Australians into lockdown. Northern Rivers coming out of lockdown. Media release. Council has implemented lockdown measures in compliance with the NSW Health Department restrictions at all Council facilities. Soon, some of the hardest hit industries, like hospitality, retail, and arts and recreation, will once again welcome customers through their doors. Feral deer spotted in Byron Shire. Sat 14 Aug 2021 01.40 EDT. This will last until mid-October - at 112 days it is one of the world's . It's the news Sydneysiders had been bracing for. Joint media release. Friday 13 August 2021 8:40am to 9:15am Thursday 12 August 2021 2:50pm to 3:30pm . All of regional NSW will be subject to strict stay-at-home orders. Covid-19 Pandemic Timeline Fast Facts. Timeline Live NSW updates | Page 250 . Regional NSW Lockdown as at 5pm on Saturday 14 August 2021. 6 Aug 2021 12:42 pm AEST. Lockdown extended to 30 July 2021 14 July 2021 Given the ongoing number of infectious cases in the community, the current lockdown will be extended for at least another two weeks until 11:59pm on Friday, 30 July. The most noticeable . A police taskforce, 'Seasoned', was established . 82 of those cases are in . 5 October to 10 October 2021 Muswellbrook New South Wales Lockdown extended 5 October to 11 October 2021 Gunnedah, Mid North Coast postcodes 2430 and 2428 New South Wales Lockdown 3 October to 11 October 2021 Lismore New South Wales Lockdown 1 October to 7 October 2021 Moorabool and Shepparton Victoria Lockdown 3. Lisa Wilkinson has unleashed a scathing attack on Gladys Berejiklian over her handling of New South Wales . September 9, 2021 - 12:48PM NCA NewsWire The NSW government has announced their plan to take the state out of lockdown - but the date when it will happen is not as firm as first thought. . Other testing clinics are listed on the NSW Government website. The country was on alert level 1 from 21 September to 28 December 2020. Impact of the 2021 COVID -19 lockdown on NSW public libraries: r. eport of a survey into how library services adapted to lockdown . There have been 1,099 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWHD) to 8pm 18 January. Live NSW news coverage of developments with the latest updates. 2021-22 Half-Yearly Review. Premier Gladys Berejiklian revealed this morning that 172 cases had been recorded overnight, which include at least 79 who were infectious in the community. This chronology summarises key announcements from state and territory governments on COVID-19 up until 30 June 2020. It provides a comprehensive overview of the announcements made, but is not designed to be exhaustive. Vale: Former NSW prison boss Ron Woodham. April 28. Parkes Shire. The Sydney CBD was shut down for hours as several thousand people marched from Camperdown, through Broadway to George Street. . There have been no COVID-19 cases recorded in the Northern Rivers since early August when three members of the same family . This follows NSW confirming 681 cases and one death taking the NSW death toll for this outbreak to 61. Due to ongoing concerns about community transmission, stay-at-home orders in place for regional NSW […] Media coverage of the first few days of the COVID-19 Delta variant outbreak in New South Wales has been markedly different from that of the most recent lockdown in Victoria. After living under lockdown for 107 days to curb an outbreak of the delta coronavirus variant, residents can socialise, dine out and go shopping again, now that more than 70 per cent of people aged. Posted Sun 3 Oct 2021 at 10:38pm. 2. First confirmed case in NSW of the COVID -19 Delta variant . information about the effectiveness of control measures in New Zealand and overseas, or. July 6, 2021, 6:21 PM PDT. For 100 days, families and friends have been separated, businesses forced shut and people have lost their livelihoods across Greater Sydney. Shopping restricted From 12.01am on Thursday, all residents living in areas currently under lockdown must limit essential shopping to outlets within 10 kilometres of their home. SA. The city's five million. There are 18 COVID-19 patients in NSW in intensive care, with four ventilated. Following updated health advice from NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant, stay-at-home orders will apply to all people who live in regional NSW. But . 4 January 2021 - PM announces third national lockdown Schools are forced to shut again, along with pubs, restaurants and non-essential retail, as people are once again ordered to stay at home . NSW lockdown ends, with shoppers queuing at midnight across Sydney - video Elias Visontay @ EliasVisontay Sun 10 Oct 2021 17.17 EDT First published on Wed 6 Oct 2021 12.30 EDT New South Wales has. To protect the people of NSW from the evolving COVID-19 outbreak, new restrictions will be introduced for all of regional NSW, effective from 5pm tonight until 12.01am Sunday 22 August 2021. NSW has recorded almost 680 COVID-19 cases in the community since June 16, when the Bondi cluster first emerged. Published: 26 Jun 2021 Listen To protect the people of NSW from the evolving COVID-19 outbreak, current stay-at-home orders will be extended across all of Greater Sydney including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Wollongong from 6pm today (26 June) until 11.59pm Friday, 9 July. Moving beyond COVID-19, we need to continue to focus on protecting and building our human, natural and physical capital to ensure our . Published on 03 September 2021. New South Wales has recorded two more COVID-19 deaths and another daily record for COVID-19 cases. Timeline; Police appeal to locate missing teenage boy 22 May. By The Echo. But the state's premier says patience and goodwill remain important as businesses reopen, gear back up . 3 September 2021. Its strength is a reflection of our people, our workers and our businesses who sacrificed so much this year. 6 Aug 2021 12:50 pm AEST. . On 24 July 2021, there were anti-lockdown protests in Brisbane, Melbourne, and in Sydney where several people were arrested, 90 infringement notices issued and 57 people were charged. Morning beers and long waits at the hairdresser have characterised NSW's first day out of COVID-19 lockdown, a situation the government describes as a "contagious spirit of optimism". The state reported 11 new locally acquired cases in the 24 hours to 8pm yesterday, six of which had been announced yesterday. A two-week lockdown of Sydney will be extended for at least another seven days as authorities race to stamp out an outbreak of the delta variant that's grown to more . The Australian Government has confirmed eligible workers in the NSW local government areas (LGAs) that went into lock down on Monday 9 August will be able to apply for the COVID-19 Disaster Payment. This timeline was last updated June 1, 2021. is licensed under the . 25 February: NSW, Victoria and Queensland limit quarantine-free travel after the cases linked to Auckland's Papatoetoe High School. Some 20,000 people protest against lockdown in Germany . All of regional NSW will be subject to strict stay-at-home orders. New COVID-19 restrictions for Greater Sydney Published: 23 Jun 2021 Listen To protect the people of NSW from the evolving COVID-19 outbreak, new restrictions will be introduced for Greater Sydney from 4pm today for one week. NSW's road map out of lockdown revealed: everything you need to know. We are constantly reviewing the health advice and will continue to update the community if any changes are required. New South Wales has been forced into a snap statewide lockdown after enduring its worst day of the Covid-19 pandemic so far, with 466 new cases and four deaths . Updated September 9, 2021 — 12.18pm first published at 11.46am. Gladys Berejiklian is playing high-risk politics as she promises an easing of some restrictions for the vaccinated despite no end to the lockdown. . The two-week shutdown had . . Timeline; Police appeal to locate missing teenage boy 22 May. First COVID death of 2021. May 28. These . The state of New South Wales (NSW) reported 633 new cases on Wednesday—including 545 cases in its capital Sydney—eclipsing the state's previous daily record of 478 cases on Monday. A 48-hour lockdown was also imposed in parts of Australia's Northern Territory, including its capital, Darwin, after four Covid-19 cases were linked to a worker at a gold mine. Many countries around the world have decided to live with the coronavirus, even as a new subvariant fuels another wave of infections. . Schools across the province, except for the HRM and Sydney area, will go back to in-person . 2021-08-09 15:37:28 . . This paper provides a timeline of Victorian border closures in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19 . Download as a PDF. . Authorised Workers Order expanded The lockdown comes after a man in his 50s who was staying in the Byron . 11 August 2021. Stay on top of latest NSW news stories and find out what just happened, what is going on with NSW. It seeks to avoid duplication of the announcements made by the Australian Government as much as possible. Digital Covid-19 warning signs in the Lane Cove National Park on July 27, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. 8:40 am AEST. This means that all Council facilities including the Town Hall and Church Street offices, the landfill, the library and the visitor information centre will be closed to the public. The Australian city of Sydney extended a lockdown by four weeks on Wednesday after an already . 3 September 2021. More Coverage Zoran subsequently pleaded guilty to seven breaches of Covid-19 directions, and Kristian guilty to four. COVID-19 LOCKDOWN TIMELINE: June - August 2021 . Meanwhile neighbouring New South Wales state, which includes Australia's most populous city of Sydney, posted 1,218 new cases on Sunday—pushing the country's overall daily caseload to a fresh . 1 October 2021. Ballina and Lismore Shires may be eligible if their work or income will be affected by . Daniel Andrews says sarcastically he is "a bit . Significant protests included: An anti-lockdown protest on 24th July in Sydney where several people were arrested. September 9, 2021. Digital Covid-19 warning signs in the Lane Cove National Park on July 27, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. Media coverage of the first few days of the COVID-19 Delta variant outbreak in New South Wales has been markedly different from that of the most recent lockdown in Victoria. After more than three months in lockdown, restrictions will ease for businesses in NSW from Monday 11 October. 2021 in Rio de Janeiro. NSW Health has announced a seven-day lockdown for the Byron, Ballina, Lismore and Richmond Valley council areas from 6pm tonight (9 August 2021) to 12:01am Tuesday 17 August. January 7: A cleaner at one of Queensland's quarantine hotels tests positive to the highly contagious UK strain of COVID-19 - the first case of local transmission in the state for almost four . 2021 3:37 pm in New South Wales by Matt . New South Wales continues to record new community COVID-19 cases and is working to stop the . . August 19, 2021 NSW has recorded 681 new cases of COVID-19, with at least 59 of those infectious in the community and the source of 511 cases still under investigation. Download as a PDF. Victoria closes its borders with NSW. On Saturday, NSW announced a two-week lockdown of Greater Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast and Wollongong. Timeline of UK government coronavirus lockdowns and restrictions. Despite the inherent uncertainty of modelling, it reveals key insights about where NSW the restrictions are headed. An expanded lockdown now covers 5m people in Greater Sydney, as . (2021) 'Return to pre-lockdown life from 12.01am', WA Government website, 14 February. Australia to end strict Covid travel ban. Teen fatally stabbed after altercation over a girl. Police officers patrol through the quiet Central Station in the city centre during a lockdown to curb the spread of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Sydney, Australia, August 12, 2021. The Alert Levels are determined by the Government and specify the public health and social measures to be taken in the fight against COVID-19. The country was on alert level 3 from 1 June to 17 August 2020. Many are angry at his handling of the Covid-19 crisis as the country marks 500,000 deaths . Shanghai is locking down over 10 million people at a time. From 6 p.m. today, all of greater Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast and Wollongong will go into a lockdown with stay-at-home . Share . All views expressed are personal. New South Wales (NSW), Australia's most populous state, recorded 136 new Covid-19 cases—mostly concentrated in and around its capital Sydney—and the death of one elderly man on Friday. Even with the current lockdown and appeals for vaccination, our modelling suggests that should NSW still be aiming for elimination it is unlikely to occur until late 2021, in the most plausible combination of scenarios. . It is being widely reported that the NSW government's crisis cabinet committee, which met on Tuesday, has decided to extend the lockdown until 11.59pm on July 16.