As you would know, there are new restrictions for Sydney given the Covid 19 outbreak. This will impact the Greater Sydney Conference as well. From 4pm on the 23 June until further notice, the following comes into effect:
- Masks will be compulsory in all indoor non-residential settings, including workplaces, and at organised outdoor events;
- Singing by audiences at indoor shows or by congregants at indoor places of worship will NOT be allowed;
- The one person per four square metre rule will be re-introduced for all indoor and outdoor settings, including weddings and funerals;
- If you live or work in the City of Sydney, Waverley, Randwick, Canada Bay, Inner West, Bayside, and Woollahra local government areas, you cannot travel outside metropolitan Sydney for non-essential travel.
Other health advice is:
- Visitors to households will be limited to 5 guests – including children.
- Previous public transport capacity limits, represented by the green dots, will be reintroduced.
- You must wear a mask when waiting or travelling on public transport.
What do these new rules mean:
- All GS Conference office staff and visitors to the Conference must wear a mask.
- Social distance in all circumstances in the Conference.
- Reduce non-essential travel and meetings, if possible.
- You must sign in using the QR code at the front desk.
- Sanitise your hands at all times.
- Numbers in board or seminar rooms are less now.
For more information about what you can and can’t do in Greater Sydney see here: https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/rules/greater-sydney
The Public Health Order outlining the current restrictions can be found here: https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/file/Public%20Health%20(COVID-19%20Greater%20Sydney)%20Order%202021.pdf
Saturday, 26 June 2021
STATEMENT FROM GLADYS BEREJIKLIAN, JOHN BARILARO AND BRAD HAZZARD
To protect the people of NSW from the evolving COVID-19 outbreak, current stay-at-home orders will be extended across all of Greater Sydney including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Wollongong from 6pm today (26 June) until 11.59pm Friday, 9 July.
Following updated health advice from the Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant about the growing risk to the community, the stay-at-home orders will apply to all people in the Greater Sydney including Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Wollongong. Everyone in Greater Sydney must stay at home unless it is for an essential reason.
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