Sydney Mask Mandate Extended as Delta Variant Cluster Increases

Health staff register residents at a COVID-19 drive through testing site on Bondi Beach in Sydney after the reports of the four fresh positive cases on June 17, 2021. SAEED KHAN/AFP via Getty Images

The New South Wales (NSW) state government has extended its mandate to wear masks while on public transport and in most indoor settings for another week after 10 new locally-acquired cases of the Delta strain of the CCP virus were reported.

The new public health mandate will be in effect until midnight on June 30.