A new plan will ensure NSW residents can get out and about this summer in a COVID-safe way, while keeping the economy moving.
\nPremier Gladys Berejiklian, Minister for Planning and Public Spaces Rob Stokes, Minister for Customer Service Victor Dominello, Member for Manly James Griffin and NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant outlined the NSW Government\u2019s new COVID Safe Summer Plan this morning.
\nThe Plan supports local businesses by encouraging more outdoor dining in the lead up to the Christmas-New Year period and throughout the summer months.
\nIt also provides clear instructions to help keep COVID under control as residents enjoy the warmer months.
\n\u201cWe know how much our community loves fresh air, beaches and parklands, but we will all need to do that a bit differently this summer,\u201d Ms Berejiklian said.
\n\u201cThe COVID Safe Summer Plan encourages the community and local businesses to take advantage of our glorious warm weather while using public spaces safely.
\n\u201cIn NSW we are continuing to try to get the right balance between keeping the State open for business, while keeping control of the virus.\u201d
\nThe Plan has five pillars which will help support the current public health orders, rules and regulations:<\/p>\n
Mr Stokes thanked local councils who are already keeping the community safe as the warmer months arrive. A new plan will ensure NSW residents can get out and about this summer in a COVID-safe way, while keeping the economy moving. Premier Gladys Berejiklian, Minister for Planning and Public Spaces Rob Stokes, Minister for Customer Service Victor Dominello, Member for Manly James Griffin and NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant outlined the … Continue reading “LAUNCH OF COVID SAFE SUMMER PLAN”<\/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-8294","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\/8294","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=8294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8294\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cOur councils are leading the way, by trialling approaches on their beaches like changing parking arrangements and creating safe swimming areas so that beaches remain safe and welcoming places for the community,\u201d Mr Stokes said.
\n\u201cSydney is the greatest parkland city on earth, and the pandemic has emphasised how important it is for our well-being that we all have access to public spaces and parklands. This plan ensures a common-sense approach.\u201d
\nMr Dominello said COVID safety must be the priority of every citizen and business owner this summer.
\n\u201cWhile summer is a time to get out and about and spend time with friends and families, we cannot be complacent because we are still in the midst of a pandemic. We must all remain vigilant and look out for each other,\u201d Mr Dominello said.
\n\u201cWe need people to continue to do the simple things. Whether it\u2019s maintaining good hand hygiene, keeping physical distance, wearing a mask in public places where physical distance can\u2019t be maintained and using digital check-in solutions such as the Service NSW app \u2013 these behaviours are now part of the new normal. We can\u2019t afford to drop our guard over the summer months.\u201d
\nMr Griffin said NSW will lead the way in showing the world how to still enjoy the summer while remaining COVID Safe.
\n\u201cWe don\u2019t need to retreat indoors this summer \u2013 we just have to do things a little differently so we can enjoy places like the Northern Beaches and stay safe,\u201d Mr Griffin said.
\nDr Kerry Chant said outdoor activity was inherently safer than indoor activity.
\n\u201cPeople need to remember to stay home, isolate and get tested if they have symptoms, always practice good hand hygiene and maintain one and a half metre social distancing,\u201d Dr Chant said.
\nThe COVID Safe Summer Plan can be accessed here:\u00a0https:\/\/www.dpie.nsw.gov.au\/premiers-priorities\/great-public-spaces\/covid-safe-summer<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"