What time is the Gladys Berejiklian NSW COVID-19 press conference today with update on lockdown decision?
Greater Sydney is facing a feared return to lockdown restrictions after a significant spike in new coronavirus cases on Wednesday. Parts of the city are expected to be thrust into lockdown restrictions in an attempt to contain a coronavirus cluster following a super-spreader event in Hoxton Park. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is expected to provide a COVID-19 update on Thursday. This article will be updated with the time as soon as its available. Click here watch the press conference LIVE. School holiday plans are in already tatters for many Greater Sydney residents, with new restrictions confining many to the metropolitan area and other states locking people out of NSW following a serious spike in cases recorded on Wednesday. The so-called Bondi cluster now stands at 31 after an unvaccinated Sydney airport limousine driver last week tested positive to the highly infectious Delta variant, which quickly started spreading at Bondi Junctions busy Westfield shopping centre. NSW recorded 10 locally acquired cases to 8pm on Tuesday, seven of which were already announced. An additional 13 cases were reported after 8pm, which will be counted in Thursdays official tally. Overall, there have been 16 new cases, taking the total number of infections to 31. The outbreak has escalated dramatically since an unvaccinated Sydney airport limousine driver last week tested positive to the virus, which quickly spread at Bondi Junctions busy Westfield shopping centre. Eight of the 13 cases confirmed on Wednesday were at a birthday party attended by about 30 people in West Hoxton on Saturday, which NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant described as a super spreader event. Capacity limits, mandatory masks and green dots on seats are back on Sydney public transport. Credit: AAP  An asymptomatic worker from Bondi Junction went to the party, as did a father and a daughter. The infected child then went to her childcare centre 60km southwest of Sydneys CBD on Monday.