COVID-19 Restrictions to be tightened in NSW

Restriction tighten COVID-19 restrictions around “higher risk” activities as the pandemic enters a new phase of community transmission. From 12:01am Friday, 24 July the following rules will be in force as NSW enters a state of ‘COVID normal’.

 Compliance measures introduced to pubs will be extended to restaurants, bars cafés and clubs. This includes:

– Limiting group bookings to a maximum of 10 people;

– Mandatory COVID-Safe plans and registration as a COVID-Safe business; and

– A digital record must be created within 24 hours.

 Weddings and corporate events will be limited to 150 people subject to the four square metre rule and registration as a COVID-Safe business. Strict COVIDSafe plans must be in place and high-risk activities including choirs and dancing must not occur; and

 Funerals and places of worship will be limited to 100 people, subject to the one person per four square metre rule and a COVID-Safe business registration.

The rules on gatherings remain the same: 20 guests inside the home and 20 for gatherings in a public place. However, as the home is a high transmission area, the NSW Chief Health Officer strongly recommends a COVID-Safe precautionary approach of limiting visitors to the home to 10 people as a general principle.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian said this tightening was to reduce the risk of uncontrollable break-outs and ensure NSW stays open for business. “Unfortunately we must live with COVID-19 and the way it has changed our lives,” Ms Berejiklian said. “These rules will give businesses and the community a degree of certainty into the foreseeable future, and help NSW avoid uncontrolled virus spread.

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