COVID-19 Update - 20 December 2020

Published on 20 December 2020

NSW Health have advised the following restrictions will be introduced from 11:59pm, Sunday 20 December 2020 for Illawarra-Shoalhaven: 

• Household gatherings will be limited to 10 visitors (until 11:59pm Wednesday 23 December). 

• The one person per four square metre rule will be re-introduced for all indoor settings including hospitality venues and places of worship. 

• A cap of 300 people will apply for hospitality venues and places of worship. 

• Singing and chanting at indoor venues will not be allowed. 

• Dancefloors will not be permitted, except for weddings, when a maximum of 20 from the bridal party will be permitted.

People in the Illawarra-Shoalhaven are also asked not to visit aged care facilities until 11.59pm on December 23, unless it is critical.  
  
‘Stay at home’ orders for residents in the Northern Beaches Local Government Area will also continue until 11.59pm on December 23. 
  
These residents must stay home unless it is for an essential reason. The four reasons Northern Beaches LGA residents may leave their home include:    

• Shopping for food or other goods and services 
• Medical care or compassionate needs 

• Exercise, and

• Work or education, where you cannot work from home.   

Any residents of the Northern Beaches local government area who left the area on or since Thursday 10 December 2020 must comply with the same restrictions that apply to the Northern Beaches, regardless of their current location. 

NSW Health is urging anyone with symptoms to get tested. People are also urged to ensure physical distancing and good hand hygiene and wear a mask particularly indoors unless at home. 

For more information on restrictions visit the NSW Government's What you can and cannot do webpage. 

Find your closest COVID testing clinic visit.

Read the latest updates on COVID-19  the NSW Health website.

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