{"id":12299,"date":"2021-07-28T09:02:17","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T09:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=12299"},"modified":"2021-07-28T09:02:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T09:02:17","slug":"certainty-for-the-community-as-restrictions-adjusted-and-vaccines-ramped-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/07\/28\/certainty-for-the-community-as-restrictions-adjusted-and-vaccines-ramped-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Certainty for the community as restrictions adjusted and vaccines ramped up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Given low vaccination rates, the current stay at home orders will remain in place for another four weeks (until Saturday, 28 August at 12.01am) across Greater Sydney including the Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Wollongong and Shellharbour.<br \/>\nThis extra time will allow NSW residents to significantly increase the uptake of vaccines in areas most affected by the current outbreak and across the state.<br \/>\nPremier Gladys Berejiklian said higher vaccination rates and following the health orders are the only way to guarantee the further easing of restrictions.<br \/>\n\u201cThough the Pfizer supply is insufficient there is plenty of AstraZeneca, and updated federal health advice recommends anyone aged 18 and over in Greater Sydney should access the jab,\u201d Ms Berejiklian said.<br \/>\n\u201cIf you are unvaccinated, please organise a jab as soon as you possibly can, especially if you live in an LGA of concern.\u201d<br \/>\nOther restriction changes are as follows:<br \/>\n<strong>From midnight tonight (28 July):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In line with exercise rules, Greater Sydney residents including the Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Wollongong and Shellharbour must limit their shopping to within their Local Government Area (LGA) or, if outside their LGA, within 10km from home, unless the item is not available locally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Given localised case numbers, the\u00a0<strong>Parramatta,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Campbelltown<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Georges River<\/strong>\u00a0LGAs will join the five existing LGAs of concern which are subject to an Authorised Workers Order. Only\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsw.gov.au\/covid-19\/rules\/authorised-workers\">authorised workers<\/a>\u00a0in these eight LGAs may leave their LGA for work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The five previously announced LGAs of concern are Canterbury-Bankstown, Fairfield, Liverpool, Blacktown and Cumberland.<br \/>\n<strong>From 12.01am, Saturday, 31 July:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Construction in non-occupied settings outside of the LGAs of concern (with no residents on-site) will re-open as planned, subject to a one person per 4sqm rule. These low-risk construction sites must have COVID safe plans in place, compliance will be strictly enforced. Construction cannot resume in the eight LGAs of concern, nor will construction workers be allowed to leave these areas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trades people, including cleaners who are able to work with zero contact with residents will also be allowed to resume (no more than two people inside and five outside). If contactless arrangements are not possible, work cannot go ahead. This work will not be allowed in the eight LGAs of concern, nor will workers be allowed to leave these areas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A singles bubble will also be introduced, allowing people who live alone to nominate one designated family member or friend to visit for companionship. Restrictions will apply for people in the LGAs of concern.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Changes to surveillance testing\u00a0<\/strong>(enforceable from Saturday, 31 July):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All authorised workers from\u00a0<strong>Canterbury-Bankstown\u00a0<\/strong>LGA must get tested once every three days in order to leave their LGA for work.<\/li>\n<li>People who live in the\u00a0<strong>Fairfield<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Cumberland<\/strong>\u00a0LGAs but work outside these areas as health or aged care workers (including support services for health or aged care, such as cleaners, cooks and security providers) must be tested once every three days in order to be allowed to go to work outside their LGA.<\/li>\n<li>These surveillance testing requirements will be enforceable from Saturday, 31 July. However, relevant workers will have from today to get their first test.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Year 12 students are also set to return to face-to-face learning on Monday, 16 August, with the Government finalising plans for the resumption of in-class study under strict COVID protocols.<br \/>\nThe NSW Government is also working with industry and the Department of Education to introduce Rapid Antigen Testing to mitigate against outbreaks in workplaces and schools.<br \/>\nDeputy Premier John Barilaro said restrictions in regional NSW will remain unchanged.<br \/>\n\u201cThe lockdown in Greater Sydney and every measure and precaution we implement is not only for the residents of Sydney but to protect regional NSW and to prevent the virus reaching our regional communities,\u201d Mr Barilaro said.<br \/>\nTreasurer Dominic Perrottet welcomed the Commonwealth Government\u2019s commitment to provide additional support for those hardest hit during this pandemic.<br \/>\n\u201cWorking with our federal counterparts we are providing extra support to ensure the businesses and people who have been hit hardest by this pandemic get the financial assistance they need to get through this crisis and back on the path to recovery,\u201d Mr Perrottet said.<br \/>\nHealth Minister Brad Hazzard said though the stay-at-home restrictions are difficult for the community this is a critical time if we are to suppress the outbreak.<br \/>\n\u201cThe vast majority of the community has been absolutely fantastic to date and have followed the public health advice. Though we are easing some restrictions today we need people to redouble their efforts as we continue to battle the Delta variant in the coming weeks,\u201d Mr Hazzard said.<br \/>\n\u201cWe need people to stay at home unless absolutely necessary to leave and the best reason for most people to leave home right now is to get vaccinated. In doing so, you are taking a vital step to protect yourself, your loved ones and the community.\u201d<br \/>\nFor the latest information visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsw.gov.au\/covid-19\">www.nsw.gov.au\/covid-19<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Given low vaccination rates, the current stay at home orders will remain in place for another four weeks (until Saturday, 28 August at 12.01am) across Greater Sydney including the Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Wollongong and Shellharbour. This extra time will allow NSW residents to significantly increase the uptake of vaccines in areas most affected by &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/07\/28\/certainty-for-the-community-as-restrictions-adjusted-and-vaccines-ramped-up\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Certainty for the community as restrictions adjusted and vaccines ramped up&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12299\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}