{"id":5576,"date":"2020-03-23T22:24:44","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T22:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=5576"},"modified":"2020-03-23T22:24:44","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T22:24:44","slug":"new-covid-19-restrictions-begin-as-schools-move-towards-online-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/03\/23\/new-covid-19-restrictions-begin-as-schools-move-towards-online-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS BEGIN AS SCHOOLS MOVE TOWARDS ONLINE LEARNING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Government has taken significant new steps to increase restrictions across the state \u2013 triggering the next level of enforcement necessary to fight COVID-19.<br \/>\nFollowing the decisions made by National Cabinet, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirmed the shutdown to protect NSW citizens.<br \/>\n\u201cI understand many in the community are worried, and these changes will affect everyday lives, and may be upsetting,\u201d Ms Berejiklian said.<br \/>\n\u201cBut these decisions will make us all safer, they are taken with the health of all citizens in mind, and they must be taken now.<br \/>\n\u201cIf you have the capacity to work from home, you should do so.\u201d<br \/>\nIn line with health advice, from midday today, the following non-essential activities and businesses will be temporarily shut down:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pubs, registered clubs<\/li>\n<li>Gyms, indoor sporting venues<\/li>\n<li>Cinemas, entertainment venues, casinos, and night clubs<\/li>\n<li>Restaurants and cafes will be restricted to takeaway and\/or home delivery<\/li>\n<li>Religious gatherings, places of worship (excluding small weddings and funerals that comply with the 4m2 rule, which can proceed).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is important to note essential gatherings at places such as hospitals, workplaces, constructions sites and for public transport are exempt and will continue.<br \/>\nAs confirmed last night by the Prime Minister schools will remain open, based on health advice, which has not changed.<br \/>\nBut from tomorrow, in NSW, for practical reasons, parents are encouraged to keep their children at home.<br \/>\n\u201cBecause nearly 30 per cent of children are already being kept out of school, for practical reasons NSW is encouraging parents to keep their children at home,\u201d Ms Berejiklian said.<br \/>\n\u201cThis will ensure there is only one unit of work, whether the student is at home or at school.<br \/>\n\u201cNo child will be turned away from school.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Government has taken significant new steps to increase restrictions across the state \u2013 triggering the next level of enforcement necessary to fight COVID-19. Following the decisions made by National Cabinet, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirmed the shutdown to protect NSW citizens. \u201cI understand many in the community are worried, and these changes will &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/03\/23\/new-covid-19-restrictions-begin-as-schools-move-towards-online-learning\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;NEW COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS BEGIN AS SCHOOLS MOVE TOWARDS ONLINE LEARNING&#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-5576","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\/5576","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=5576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}