Following the announcement of a new national record of 1029 cases of COVID-19 to 8pm on Tuesday night, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has announced new benefits for those who are vaccinated from Monday, September 13.
In the Local Government Areas (LGAs) of concern, the premier has announced that families from the same household can spend an hour outdoors for recreation on top of the current hour allocated for exercise. To be eligible for this benefit, all adults within the family must be able to prove their vaccination status.
These LGAs include: Bayside, Blacktown, Burwood, Campbelltown, Cumberland, Canterbury-Bankstown, Fairfield, Liverpool, Georges River, Parramatta, Strathfield, and several suburbs in Penrith.
For those in regional areas, up to five individuals – including children – will be able to gather outdoors in their LGA or within 5 kilometres of their home.
Adults who wish to attend outdoor gatherings under this new rule must also be fully vaccinated.
The new freedoms come after the lockdown for regional NSW – which was due to end on the weekend – was extended until midnight on Friday, September 10.
Sadly, three people have passed away from COVID-19, including a man in his 30s, a man in his 60s, and a man in his 80s.
