NSW Covid lockdown restrictions: update to Sydney and regional NSW coronavirus rules explained

Covid restrictions extended for greater Sydney, with 8 LGAs in hard lockdown, including stricter mask rules and a 5km radius travel limit. Some restrictions have been eased with some construction to resume and a singles bubble introduced. Here's the full list of what you can and can't do in NSW

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Sydney's lockdown has been extended to at least 28 August with a raft of changes to restrictions announced.

Three more local government areas have been added to a hard lockdown, which now includes an outdoor mask mandate and a 5km radius travel limit, as cases continue to increase in Sydney's west and south-west. The stricter rules now cover eight LGAs; Fairfield, Canterbury-Bankstown, Liverpool, Cumberland, Blacktown, Parramatta, Georges River and Campbelltown.