Sydney extends Covid lockdown for another week after New South Wales detects 27 new cases of ‘game changer’ Delta variant

Australia’s most populous

Australia’s most populous city will undergo another week of lockdown after 27 new infections linked to the more contagious ‘Delta variant’ were discovered, forcing many of Sydney’s five million residents to remain at home.

New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian declared a week-long extension to Sydney’s stay-at-home order early on Wednesday, prolonging restrictions that were originally revived late last month. The new lockdown is now slated to expire no earlier than Friday, July 16.

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