Two further cases have since been reported. The Fairfield local government area is a focal point of Sydney’s Covid-19 outbreak and the suburb of Cabramatta had 117 active cases on Tuesday, making it one of the most highly concentrated coronavirus postcodes in Sydney.Īrmidale was placed into lockdown on 7 August after two cases were recorded in the community. “My client was quite naive and is sorry for what he did.” “(The behaviour) was not arrogant, it was not done maliciously,” he told AAP on Tuesday. Solicitor Peter Kemp denied his client acted out of malice but noted people in regional areas were “petrified” of catching Covid. “That, to me, indicates the level of seriousness of the matter.” “He has been sentenced purely on breaching that public health act,” the NSW police acting Superintendent David Cooper said on Tuesday. The magistrate Roger Prowse immediately sentenced the Sydney man to two months in prison. The former personal trainer faced an Armidale court on Monday and pleaded guilty to breaching the public health order concerning travelling outside metropolitan Sydney. His trip – which brought him within 20km of the Queensland border – was uncovered by police conducting daily checks on public transport passengers at Armidale. The Cabramatta man had travelled from his home in the Fairfield local government area to the northern tablelands earlier that week by train via Newcastle. Trong Duc Nguyen, 31, was arrested at Armidale railway station on Sunday after getting off a bus from Tenterfield. 09.06 BST Sydney man jailed for breaching public health orderĪ “naive” south-western Sydney man who travelled more than 800km in breach of Covid-19 restrictions has been jailed, AAP reports. “We’ve made sure the community is aware of these changes as early as possible – and we thank all Victorians for the part they’re playing to keep our community safe,” she said. However, it is unclear what this will mean for the city’s essential workers, with some relying on late night transport to get to work.Ī state government spokeswoman said the normal timetable would continue to run “at all other times to ensure essential workers and those who must travel for a permitted reason can get where they need to go”. Melburnians are currently banned from leaving their homes between 9pm and 5am under the extended sixth lockdown.įrom this weekend, public transport will not run in the city between 1am and 5am on Saturday, and between 1am and 6am on Sunday, for the next two weeks to stop the spread of coronavirus and support Melbourne’s tightened lockdown. Here’s a bit more on the cancellation of public transport night services on Friday and Saturday in Melbourne during curfew, via AAP. 15.6m doses of the vaccine have now been administered in Australia, including a record 279,485 on Monday.Morrison has yet to decide whether the next sitting fortnight of parliament from Monday will go ahead.Afghan nationals in Australia will also not be forced back to Afghanistan while the security situation is dire. The prime minister, Scott Morrison, said it was a day of deep sadness for veterans of the Afghanistan war, as Australia seeks to secure the evacuation of Australians and allies on the ground.The Auckland lockdown will last seven days. New Zealand will lock down for three days after one case of community transmission was reported in Auckland.Queensland recorded one new case, who was in isolation while infectious.The Northern Territory reported no new cases on the second day of a three-day lockdown.Four of the cases were linked to an illegal Caulfield North engagement party, with the total number of infections linked to the event at six. Victoria reported 24 local cases, with 14 of those in quarantine during their infectious period.Fourteen ADF teams will be sent to Dubbo in western NSW amid rising concern about coronavirus infections in Indigenous communities.The premier, Gladys Berejiklian, has warned the state should brace for a substantial rise in cases in coming weeks. NSW recorded 452 cases of Covid-19, and the death of a woman in her 70s.That is where we will leave the live blog for Tuesday. 10.03 BST What we learned today, Tuesday 17 August
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