{"id":43816,"date":"2020-12-23T11:46:43","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T00:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/?p=43816"},"modified":"2020-12-23T11:46:55","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T00:46:55","slug":"nsw-premier-announces-modest-changes-ahead-of-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/news\/nsw-premier-announces-modest-changes-ahead-of-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW Premier Announces Modest Changes Ahead Of Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NSW Premier Gladys Berjiklian has announced modest changes for greater Sydney ahead of Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.nsw.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New South Wales<\/a> recorded 8 new locally acquired cases &#8211; <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/news\/nsw-records-8-new-locally-acquired-cases-of-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the same number as yesterday<\/a> &#8211; from 42,000 tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NSW recorded eight locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night, with an additional eight cases in returned travellers in hotel quarantine. Seven of the locally acquired cases are linked to the Avalon cluster. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f9dG20HVhI\">pic.twitter.com\/f9dG20HVhI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NSW Health (@NSWHealth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NSWHealth\/status\/1341536333106298881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms Berejiklian revealed the current restrictions for greater Sydney will stay the same over Christmas &#8211; which allows for residents to welcome only 10 visitors in their home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the one \u201csmall tweak\u201d is that children under 12 years of age will not be included in that count. This will come into effect from the 24th to the 26th of December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The limit of ten people is across the entire day, which means that households can not have rotating groups across Christmas day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NSW Premier stressed that these slight relaxations are just for Christmas, with\u00a0most of the restrictions returning on the 27th of December:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>\u201cYou cannot have different groups of 10 people during the day. It\u2019s one group of 10 and you have to stick that group of 10, plus kids under 12.<\/em><\/p><p><em>\u201cBut come 27 December for greater Sydney, we go back to just 10 per household full stop,\u201d Berejiklian says.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>A \u201cbubble\u201d system &#8211; for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day &#8211; was also announced by the premier for one half of the northern beaches.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People north of the Narrabeen Bridge and east of the Bahar Temple at Mona Vale roads are still in lockdown, with exceptions from the 24-26 December. These residents can have five people in their home, but it must be people from within that region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the southern part of the northern beaches, \u201cpeople who might live in Manly or Dee Why\u201d, they can have 10 visitors from 24-26 December but people cannot leave their area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The northern zone of the northern beaches, will return to lockdown on 27 December, with no visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The southern part of the northern beaches however, could have a long-term easing of restrictions after Boxing Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Lead Image: Getty <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NSW Premier Gladys Berjiklian has announced modest changes for greater Sydney ahead of Christmas. New South Wales recorded 8 new locally acquired cases &#8211; the same number as yesterday &#8211; from 42,000 tests. 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