25 Jun 2021

Parts of Sydney lock down tonight to control Covid-19

From Lately, 10:20 pm on 25 June 2021

The Director-General of Health, Ashley Bloomfield, says the results to date are good news in Wellington with no community cases of Covid-19 reported today, but the full picture won't be known until tests from Wednesday and yesterday are processed. Last weekend a Sydney man visited several locations in Wellington before testing positive for Covid-19 when got back to Sydney. New Zealand's paused quarantine-free travel with New South Wales for another 12 days, and at midnight local time tonight Sydney will go into localised lockdown. Karyn speaks with ABC reporter Elias Clure in Sydney.

Sydneysiders queue outside a Covid-19 vaccination centre in Sydney on June 24, 2021.

Sydneysiders queue outside a Covid-19 vaccination centre in Sydney on June 24, 2021. Photo: AFP / Saeed Khan