Australia news live: Covid restrictions for greater Sydney as new NSW case recorded

As a precautionary measure, the New South Wales Government, based on health advice, will be taking the following measures, which will be enforceable from 5:00pm today…

We ask that you welcome no more than 20 people into your home. And these restrictions or some measures will be in place until midnight Monday morning. So essentially from 5:00pm today, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, we ask that nobody welcome more than 20 people into your home. We know that transmission in the family home is a high risk. I appreciate that it’s Mother’s Day but we also appreciate that 20 people within the home is manageable for people to celebrate that important day.

There will be no singing or dancing in indoor venues, including places of worship and entertainment venues. The exception is weddings. We recommend that only 20 people at a time be on the dance floor.

Outside of weddings, there’s no singing in congregations and no dancing apart from obviously the performers in a show.

In relation to mask-wearing, mask-wearing at indoor places will be compulsory for the next three days. Public transport, if you go to the supermarket, any indoor event, will require compulsory mask wearing in addition to hospitality workers. And people serving you.