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Sydney, Australia, extends lockdown by 2 weeks as COVID-19 cases grow

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COVID-19 in the country’s largest city.New South Wales state Premier Gladys Berejiklian said restrictions would need to remain in place until at least July 30 after she reported 97 new locally transmitted cases, a slight increase from a day earlier.

Australia locks down 2nd most populous state over ‘highly infectious’ COVID-19 outbreak “It always hurts to say this, but we need to extend the lockdown at least a further two weeks,” Berejiklian said in Sydney on Wednesday.“We want to get out of this lockdown as soon as we can and that is why we have the settings in place that we have.”Of the 97 new cases, 24 people were infectious in the community.Berejiklian has repeatedly said that the lockdown, in place since June 26, will only be lifted.

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