Photographs at Bondi Beach COVID-19 drive-through testing station, where cars lined up today for nearly two hours as people waited to be tested. Bondi was this afternoon added to the rapidly lengthening list of COVID hotspots. Numbers at the testing station have spiked since the outbreak in the Northern Beaches this week and as Christmas approaches.
The State Government has eased expected restrictions for the Christmas period, a move that has come under some criticism amongst fears of a Melbourne-style outbreak, and the potential for super-spreading events over the summer holidays, despite two days of lower than expected COVID-19 cases.
Adding to public nervousness was the case of a Qantas cabin crew member who flew infected from Darwin to Sydney today, without being tested or quarantined. The quarantine system is facing stiff scrutiny as suspicions deepen that contagious cabin crew are flying into the country without proper screening or quarantining.
A record 60,000 people were tested in NSW on Wednesday.
The authorities are expected to announce plans for New Year’s Eve after the Christmas period is over.
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