Further tightening of restrictions

Given the growing number of infectious cases in the community and unlinked cases of community transmission, COVID-19 restrictions will be tightened across Greater Sydney including the Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Wollongong and Shellharbour. This is in addition to restrictions being extended for 1 week until 11:59pm Friday 16 July which was announced yesterday.

From 5pm today (Friday, 9 July) the following additional restrictions will be in place:

• Outdoor public gatherings limited to two people (excluding members of the same household)
• People must stay in their Local Government Area or within 10kms of home for exercise and outdoor recreation, with no carpooling between non-household members
• Browsing in shops is prohibited, plus only one person per household, per day may leave the home for shopping
• Funerals limited to ten people in total (this will take effect from Sunday, 11 July).

The four reasons to leave your home remain in place:

• Shopping for food or other essential goods and services (one person only)
• Medical care or compassionate needs (only one visitor can enter another residence to fulfil carers’ responsibilities or provide care o assistance, or for compassionate reasons)
• Exercise with no more than 2 (unless members of the same household)
• Essential work, or education, where you cannot work or study from home.

Restrictions in regional NSW will remain unchanged.