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NT to declare Greater Metropolitan Sydney a coronavirus hotspot from midnight
The Northern Territory Government has expanded its coronavirus hotspot from seven Sydney suburbs to all of Greater Metropolitan Sydney from midnight tonight.
Key points:
- NSW recorded 10 local cases of coronavirus from across Sydney
- The NT hotspot declaration for Sydney takes effect from midnight
- Authorities are also weighing up whether a declaration will be needed for Melbourne after eight new cases
The declaration followed NSW recording 10 new local coronavirus cases.
Eight cases were also detected in Victoria, linked to a restaurant where a NSW traveller dined on December 21.
NT Health Minister Natasha Fyles said health authorities were looking at developments in metropolitan Melbourne and could soon announce further hotspots given…
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