Lockdown measures in NSW have eased after 106 days since they were first implemented by the State Government.
When the Delta variant of COVID-19 first broke out across Sydney three and a half months ago, the initial estimation was that a two-week lockdown would be all that would be needed to quash its spread. Now, months later, State and Federal governments have declared that lockdowns are no longer economically viable and that we will need to learn to “live alongside the virus”. Ultimately, that means more cases and more deaths.
Below, two contrasting headlines - one from Day 1 of lockdown on June 27, 2021 (left), and the other (right) from today, Day 106.
More changes to public health orders are expected in coming weeks, as the path out of lockdown is accelerated by the newly installed NSW Premier, Dominic Perrottet, despite apprehension in some quarters that restrictions are being wound back too quickly.
Nearly 500 COVID-19 cases were today recorded and 8 deaths.
Part of an ongoing series, ‘COVID-19 Diaries’.
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