The NSW Government has announced new Covid-19 restrictions effective immediately from today, 6 May 2021 until 12.01am on Monday, 10 May 2021. These changes include:
- Visitors to households limited to 20 guests – including children;
- Masks are compulsory on public transport and in all public indoor venues, such as retail, theatres, hospitals, aged care facilities and for front-of-house hospitality staff (except in a hospitality venue when eating or drinking);
- Drinking while standing up at indoor venues is not allowed;
- Singing by audiences at indoor shows or by congregants at indoor places of worship is not allowed;
- Dancing is not allowed at indoor hospitality venues or nightclubs, however dancing is allowed at weddings with a strong recommendation that no more than 20 people should be on the dancefloor at any one time;
- Visitors to aged care facilities is limited to two people.
It is also strongly recommended that our community avoids mingling in large groups over the coming days and is careful not to put our most vulnerable at risk.
My staff and I are here to help you. Please call my office on 9349 6007, email matt.thistlethwaite.mp@aph.gov.au or reach me via Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.
