Lockdown Extended, Curfews Imposed on Greater Sydney

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant at a press conference to provide a COVID-19 update in Sydney, Australia, on Aug. 6, 2021. Mick Tsikas-Pool/Getty Images

In a bid to control the ongoing outbreak of the Delta variant of COVID-19, authorities have extended the Greater Sydney lockdown until the end of September and implemented tighter restrictions on local government areas (LGA) of concern.

New South Wales (NSW)—Australia’s most populous state—recorded 642 new infections and four deaths on Thursday.