NSW regions prepare for the worst as Sydney's COVID outbreak spreads

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As COVID-19 arrives in regional towns across parts of NSW, locals are angry they weren't better protected by a tighter lockdown and fear their health services could now become overwhelmed.

The usually relaxed vibe of the seaside town of Byron Bay evaporated this week with the news that a visiting family of three from Sydney had tested positive for COVID-19."I wouldn't suggest going onto any of the community Facebook boards."

The man and his 19-year-old son have been charged with breaching public health orders and Byron has been plunged into a seven-day lockdown.Ms Nolan said there had been too many loopholes in the rules that meant people could find reasons to travel the 750 kilometres north to Byron Bay."We don't have access to the hospital treatment that people might have in the city."

The news was greeted with alarm in towns like Walgett and Coonamble, where around a third of the population is Aboriginal. For Dr Paul Craven, the COVID-19 medical controller for Hunter New England Local Health District, it was the scenario he had been dreading."If they were all doing the right thing I think we would have been protected.With 20 COVID-19 patients currently in hospital in the Hunter, Dr Craven said the region's health services were coping well.

Rural Doctors Association president John Hall worries NSW's regional health system won't cope with a major outbreak.

 

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Two women charged with breaching COVID-19 health orders in NSW Hunter regionPolice allege the Sydney women - aged 20 and 21 - had a history of violating public health orders, and both stayed in Newcastle after being fined $1000 and asked to leave by police. How about some prison time then. They must be from the 'sovereign' state 😛 Anyone know where previously fined GladysB Aboriginal Affairs Minister Don_Harwin is spending his time this lockdown?
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