{"id":106199,"date":"2021-02-03T08:57:38","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T08:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=106199"},"modified":"2021-02-03T08:57:38","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T08:57:38","slug":"australias-nsw-state-to-ease-restrictions-after-17-days-covid-19-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/australias-nsw-state-to-ease-restrictions-after-17-days-covid-19-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia&#x27;s NSW state to ease restrictions after 17 days COVID-19 free"},"content":{"rendered":"<figcaption>FILE PHOTO: Pedestrians cross a street in the city centre as the state of New South Wales continues to report low case numbers of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Sydney, Australia, October 26, 2020. REUTERS\/Loren Elliott<\/figcaption><p>CANBERRA (Reuters) &#8211; Australia\u2019s most populous state of New South Wales said on Wednesday it will ease pandemic restrictions on restaurants and cafes this week after recording 17 days with no local COVID-19 cases.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes as the city of Perth, on the country\u2019s west coast, recorded a third day without a fresh coronavirus case, having started a five-day lockdown on Monday after a hotel quarantine worker tested positive.<\/p>\n<p>New South Wales tightened coronavirus restrictions in December after more than 100 cases were detected in the state\u2019s north and west.<\/p>\n<p>State Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the new limits would double the number of customers allowed in venues from Friday, helping business recover.<\/p>\n<p>Western Australia on Sunday ordered about 2 million people in state capital Perth into lockdown after a security guard tested positive, raising fears of more community transmission.<\/p>\n<p>The vast, largely isolated state has been known in Australia for a hardline COVID-19 response that included keeping its border closed to the rest of the country until recently when it reopened to some regions.<\/p>\n<p>Australia has managed to largely contain its novel coronavirus epidemic &#8211; limiting cases to less than 29,000 and deaths to 909 &#8211; with the sort of rapid action seen in Perth, and tight border controls.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-health-coronavirus-australia\/australias-nsw-state-to-ease-restrictions-after-17-days-covid-19-free-idUSKBN2A3105\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE PHOTO: Pedestrians cross a street in the city centre as the state of New South Wales continues to report low case numbers of the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":106198,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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