Sydney Lockdown Extended By Two More Weeks

People queue in their cars to get tested for COVID-19 at a pop-up testing clinic at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia on June 25, 2021. Dean Lewins/AAP Image via AP

New South Wakes has recorded 97 new local COVID-19 cases, prompting the government to extend a lockdown in Greater Sydney and its surrounds by at least two more weeks.

The stay-at-home provisions, which were scheduled to end on Friday, will now remain in place until at least July 30.