Australian officials test positive for COVID as new cases escalate Coronavirus pandemic News

New South Wales reported at least 11 new cases overnight as the state prime minister suggests a possible new blockade if the rise continues.

The New South Wales (NSW) government, Australia’s most populous state, on Thursday warned people to support more COVID-19 cases as a state minister tested positive, the health minister went into self-isolation and slowed the spread of the Delta variant to enforce new honesties.

The state registered at least 11 new cases overnight, and there were 49 in the current outbreak.

In at least 36 cases an incident has occurred in the Bondi beach district.

Among them was NSW Agriculture Minister Adam Marshall, who confirmed his positive result in a speech on Thursday.

Colleagues in the state parliament received the news and concerns.

At least three other state lawmakers were also present at a restaurant meeting with Marshall on Monday night. Then someone agreed and even had a bond with the Bondi cluster for dinner.

Earlier on Thursday, NSW State Health Minister Brad Hazzard told the Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC) that more cases would be expected.

Hazzard told the public service announcer that he aimed to isolate himself in the belief that it could be a close relationship in a positive case.

‘On the edge of another lock’

On wednesday NSW Prime Minister Gladys Berejiklian said Sydney was on the verge of another blockade while officials try to trace missing links in newly diagnosed cases in the city.

As part of its effort to seek state relations, the state government stepped up massive tests on Wednesday with 48,402 tests, up from 44,640 the previous day.

Berejiklian told parliament that his government “will not hesitate if we need to go further and harder” with the restrictions.

Sydney, the state capital and home to one-fifth of Australia’s 25 million people, has been effectively isolated from the rest of the country as some states closed borders and others tightened entry rules.

Queensland closed the land border with NSW on Wednesday as new cases emerged.

Also on Wednesday, the NSW state government imposed new movement restrictions, banning travel outside the metropolitan area of ​​Sydney, requiring residents to continue wearing face masks in public areas until next week.

Visitors to private homes have also been limited to five, and capacity has been halved at sporting events.

NSW officials have warned that transmission of the Delta variant, first detected in India, could be faster and can be done even after having minimal contact with an infected person.

So far they have been blocked, harsh social rules of distance and a quick tracing of contacts have been made past appearances have helped him successfully remove Australia.

The country has been one of the most successful pandemics in the world, allowing the reopening of the border to New Zealand.

But new cases are testing the travel bubble between neighbors.

As of Thursday, Australia had recorded 30,300 cases and more than 910 deaths since the pandemic began in 2020.

To date, 6.72 million vaccine doses have been delivered across Australia with 1.09 million people – 4.3% of the country’s total population – fully vaccinated, according to Our World Data.