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12.05am GMT
Barilaro said the new case in the Avalon cluster demonstrated why that lockdown for the northern half of the northern beaches had not yet been lifted.
Now, to the people on the peninsula, and especially in the northern zone of the northern beaches, I know you’ve been doing it tough. You’ve been locked down for a period of time, but that was off the back of a significant seeding event, and the transmission of Covid in that area. We make these decisions to protect everyone, you, your family, the state and the nation. And I know how hard it’s been.
I know in conversations with, of course, Rob Stokes, the representation that Rob is doing on behalf of the beaches, especially on behalf of businesses hurting, firstly thank you for the effort and understanding that if we’re going to beat this, we really do need to eliminate the pandemic, but the only way we have confidence in our decision make something through that data.
12.04am GMT
Acting NSW premier John Barilaro is speaking now in Sydney.
He says NSW recorded five new cases in the past 24 hours, four of which are locally acquired – including the 18-year-old who travelled to western NSW, announced yesterday. Of the three previously unreported local cases, Barilaro said two are related to the Berala cluster, one to a household contact of the Avalon cluster.
