Sydney’s Stubborn Delta Outbreak May Trigger Lockdown Extension

A closed cafe at Bondi Beach in Sydney, on July 4. New South Wales police have issued 125 personal infringement notices during the past 24 hours for offenses such as not wearing masks in shopping centers.Photographer: Brendon Thorne/Bloomberg

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By Georgie McKay

July 5, 2021 at 1:39 AM UTC

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Sydney’s outbreak of the delta-variant of the coronavirus is proving stubborn to get under control, raising concern Australia’s most-populous city may need to extend its two-week lockdown beyond Friday.

The city of about 6 million people recorded 35 new cases in the community on Monday from the day before, raising the total infections since mid-June to 312. They include 5 residents of an aged-care facility. 238 of the cases are directly linked to known cases in the Bondi cluster.