NSW Coronavirus Lockdown: Is It Six Months Or 90 Days?
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Premier Gladys Berejiklian has said NSW lockdown laws will remain for at least six months after the state’s police commissioner previously said social distancing restrictions would be lifted after 90 days.
“The time in which these restrictions apply is completely dependent on health advice,” the Premier told media on Friday. “I’m hoping as best case we don’t go beyond what we have now.
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“We’re in it for at least six months,” she said. “Until there is a cure, until there is at least a vaccine, this crisis is something we need to deal with. All of us have to come to terms with that.”
Berejiklian’s comments align with what the Prime Minister Scott Morrison has insisted in recent weeks, though on Friday morning he warned the restrictions across Australia “could be longer” than six months.
“It could be longer – I’m trying to prepare the country for the long haul,” the PM said during a radio interview on 2GB.
“We need to ensure people can do this for that long. We don’t want people to get frustrated, but it is going to be tough.”
On Thursday NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller said tough social distancing rules that restrict Australians to leaving their home for only four reasons will be in place for at least 90 days in NSW.
“There was a good question yesterday about when is the turn-off period for these orders. It is 90 days,” said Commissioner Fuller.
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