Covid Australia live update: NSW puts four Sydney LGAs in lockdown after 22 new coronavirus cases

Health has made a number of recommendations which the New South Wales government has accepted.

Firstly – all the existing settings we have in place, every single setting we have in place will now be extended until Friday midnight next week. So previously, all the existing settings were supposed to finish on Wednesday, but now, all the existing settings will finish at midnight Friday next week.

So an additional week from today. In addition, there is a significant announcement I’d like to make.

So in the four local government council areas of Woollahra, Waverley, Randwick and the city of Sydney – if you live or work in those local government areas, you need to stay at home unless absolutely necessary.

The necessary reasons include – if you can’t work from home and you have to work outside of home. If you can’t get educated at home and you have to get educated outside of home. If you exercise outside, although we don’t want any more groups than 10. And if you need to provide care or compassion to a relative. And fourthly, of course, if you need to buy essential goods or services.

So these are the only reasons we want anybody who lives or works in those four local government areas to leave their home.