Australia's Most Populous State To Reinstate Some COVID-19 Curbs: Report
People admitted to NSW hospitals with COVID-19 have nearly doubled to a record 1,609 in just over a week. Sydney: Australia's New South Wales state, home to Sydney and a third of Australia's 25 million population, will reinstate restrictions including shutting nightclubs and cancelling non-urgent surgeries because of record coronavirus infections, the Sydney Morning Herald reported on Friday. The measures are expected to be approved by the state government's economic recovery committee on Friday in a bid to ease pressure on hospitals, the report said, citing senior government sources. Cafes and restaurants will have capacity limits and all patrons must be seated, while singing and dancing at pubs banned, the newspaper said. Restrictions will be branded as safety measures rather than a lockdown. New South Wales (NSW), the worst affected Australian state from the fast-spreading Omicron coronavirus variant, has registered record daily infections over the past few days overw...