NSW Covid update: premier refuses retail lockdown despite 97 new cases and calls to tighten restrictions
by Elias Visontay and Lisa Cox from World news | The Guardian on (#5M8TG)
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The New South Wales premier, Gladys Berejiklian, has continued to shoot down calls to further tighten Sydney's lockdown by defining essential retail settings, as she lamented that 29 of 97 new cases announced on Friday were infectious in the community.
South-western Sydney continues to be the focus of health authorities' attention, with the local health district accounting for 67 of the new cases.
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