Surfers ride a wave in front of a sign at a beach in Sydney despite a new community outbreak of Covid-19. Photo / AP
Sydney's Northern Beaches mayor Michael Regan is calling for residents in the district's southern zone to be freed from lockdown given the small number of Covid-19 cases in the area amid the Northern Beaches cluster's spread.
The Northern Beaches cluster now sits at 122 cases and a stay-at-home order in
the area is in effect until 11.59pm on Wednesday. New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian is due to make a further announcement today or tomorrow regarding restrictions in the state.
While Regan says he understands the state government's concerns surrounding the Northern Beaches cluster, he says there's no need for certain residents to still be under restrictions.
"Unless there's new evidence or something we're not cognisant of regarding the origins and spread of the cluster, the communities who reside in the southern parts of the [Northern Beaches] should absolutely have the same freedoms as Greater Sydney," he said.
"I support the government 100 per cent but given the compliant behaviour we saw over the three-day restriction lift during Christmas, it's hard to defend the return to lockdown restrictions for the southern part of the council where there are relatively few Covid-19 cases."
