According to a report from the Sydney Morning Herald on Friday, New South Wales, Australia, which is home to Sydney and one-third of Australia’s 25 million population, will resume restrictive measures, including closing nightclubs and canceling non-emergency surgeries due to coronavirus infections. Record.

The report quoted senior government sources as saying that these measures are expected to be approved by the State Government’s Economic Recovery Committee on Friday to ease the pressure on hospitals.

The newspaper said that cafes and restaurants will have capacity restrictions, and all customers must be seated while singing and dancing in prohibited bars. Restrictions will be referred to as security measures, not locks.

New South Wales (NSW) is Australia’s most severely affected state by the rapidly spreading Omicron coronavirus variant. In the past few days, its testing facilities, emergency services and hospitals have recorded a record number of daily infections.

In just over a week, the number of people admitted to New South Wales hospitals due to Covid-19 almost doubled to a record 1,609. In late November, when the first Omicron case was discovered, there were approximately 150 cases a day in the state. On Thursday, that number soared to 35,000. The Governor of New South Wales, Dominic Perrottet, firmly refused to reinstate the restrictions, dismissing calls from doctors and health workers, saying that it is time to live with Covid-19.

The governor’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the Herald report.

A day ago, neighboring Victoria restored restrictions on bar and club personnel.

In the early stages of the pandemic, Australia successfully controlled Covid-19 cases through rapid lockdowns, strict border regulations, and strict social distancing regulations, and its infection rate was much higher than in other parts of the Asia-Pacific region. The authorities warned that these numbers will rise further in the coming weeks.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, Australia has recorded more than 684,000 cases and 2,301 deaths, and more than half of the infection cases have been reported in the past two weeks.

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