Experts say Sydney's COVID lockdown restrictions likely to stay until September

• While the premier can't yet say when Sydney's lockdown will end, medical experts have laid out their roadmap to freedom. But even their most optimistic modelling shows it's likely restrictions won't lift until September, and that was before today's big jump in community cases. It comes as the NSW Government processes close to $200 million in financial support payments, with $26 million \already hitting bank accounts

“nuts” is too kind a word. it should be CRIMINAL.

meanwhile, in the State of South Australia, people will now be removed from their homes, even if they are totally healthy. they are only guilty of being caught by the QR codes:

22 July: news.com.au: Hundreds forced into hotels over venue alert as South Australia records two new local Covid-19 cases
Hundreds of people are being forced into hotel quarantine ‘immediately’ amid concerns surrounding the ‘high risk locations’ they attended.
by Emily Cosenza
Hundreds of South Australians will be forced to complete two weeks of quarantine in medi-hotels as authorities fight to quash two “superspreading” events.
The direction, which is mandatory, comes after the state recorded two new locally acquired Covid-19 cases on Thursday...

SA has recorded only 14 cases in its most recent outbreak, but chief public health officer Nicola Spurrier said she was “very concerned” about the sites because of the testing figures...

There are currently about 4000 people in quarantine with 13,610 people who have been to one of the listed exposure sites...

A minor change to the directions was also made on Thursday, allowing a single person over the age of 16 who lives alone or who does not live with their spouse to visit a friend or partner if no one else is home...
https://www.news.com.au/national/south-australia/south-australia-records-two-new-local-covid19-cases/news-story/a02a71128d94ae1f3e22c9f14192ddef

meanwhile, in Sydney, thousands of workers, in particular tradesmen, in certain suburbs, have to be tested every 3 days in order to be allowed to go to work. it can take hours to line up in their vehicles to get drive-through testing! it’s too much to even outline in a comment on FR. however, the rest of the world needs to take note, because Australia has almost NO covid, yet officials are behaving like absolute tyrants.

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