Isolation Rules to Last for 90 Days in Australia’s Most Populous State

Infection cases in New South Wales nearing 2,300

Premier of NSW, Gladys Berejiklian addresses the media in Sydney, Australia on March 30, 2020. Brendon Thorne/Getty Images

Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales, has unveiled planning tweaks to help prop up struggling businesses as police say coronavirus isolation rules will last for at least 90 days.

The number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in NSW has reached 2298, with 116 new cases recorded by 8 p.m. on Wednesday, while the state’s death toll sits at 10—almost half of the country’s tally of 21 deaths.