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

Covid restrictions extended for greater Sydney, with a hard lockdown expanded to Parramatta, Georges River and Campbelltown LGAs. Some restrictions have been eased with some construction to resume and a singles bubble introduced, while lockdown lifts in Orange. 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 limiting which workers can leave the area as cases grow 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.