Dancing, singing banned in Sydney as virus cluster grows to 68

So 300 people can go to restaurants but only ten to a home. I did not realize they had such huge restaurants and such tiny homes.

Get ready for a complete lock down Sydney.

"Dancing, singing and chanting were banned across Sydney"

Is there something missing here? Someone in Sydney can not dance, sing or chant inside his home? Or is it only a ban on social gatherings at public venues for dancing, singing and chanting?

"Mask-wearing is being encouraged but has not been made compulsory."

This should be mandatory everywhere till vaccines become available to all.

Lockdown for some areas already and possible for all Sydney, Sydney and NSW residents now locked out of visiting other states or need 14 day quarantine in hotel ( at their cost) to visit. All this from 1 escaped overseas arrival.

People with covid grows to 68 so singing and dancing banned. Something ain’t right there

All this from 1 escaped overseas arrival.

Actually investigation is still underway to find the exact source of this outbreak. However, testing has determined that it is an oversea strain. Also a while ago some airline crew broke quarantine protocol. The following happens:

From Tuesday, international air crews will have to go into mandatory quarantine in two police-managed hotels near Sydney Airport, in a bid to improve control over infected staff who may not adhere to the current self-imposed quarantine rules.

When the premier of NSW was asked why this was not done earlier. She said because it was difficult to do it.

Therefore if you ask me why Australia has largely escaped the wrath of this virus. I will say there are many factors but the major one is we are just bloody lucky.

"Dancing, singing and chanting were banned across Sydney"

This has a scent of "Footloose" to it.

thats sign is depressing. My nurse wife’s hospital floor is full of Corona here in Kobe and she can’t get another test as she’s being told it makes no difference!!!!! Pathetic.

singing and dancing banned in Australia.

Christmas cancelled in the UK.

Anyone starting to get the feeling a year into this madness the so-called "experts" are just winging it now?

singing and dancing banned in Australia. 

Christmas cancelled in the UK. 

Anyone starting to get the feeling a year into this madness the so-called "experts" are just winging it now?

Feel free to sing, dance and wrap your head in tinsel.

The so-called “experts” never said you can’t do that.

Anyone starting to get the feeling a year into this madness the so-called "experts" are just winging it now?

Since covid19 has only been around a year there are no Covid 19 experts, only experts in infectus diseases. With that said better and newer information will always be coming out. Expect things to change to better fight the problem.

Free testing in Oz, without a referral-wow!

Anyone starting to get the feeling a year into this madness the so-called "experts" are just winging it now?

No. Only a small group of nutters.

Science is ‘more than a feeling’.

Therefore if you ask me why Australia has largely escaped the wrath of this virus. I will say there are many factors but the major one is we are just bloody lucky.

How is it luck ? They aggressively and raise an alarm when cases are less than even ten and take measures early because they know the virus spreads like wildfire, doing nothing or being slow they virus will be out of control and difficult to contain. They don't ignore and allow asympthomatic or mild cases moving around spreading the virus.

They don't reduce testing to reduce the number of infections, it isn't luck, what they are doing are the basics of getting on top of a pandemic.

I'll bet there are some people sneaking around dancing and singing.

@gogogo: Since covid19 has only been around a year there are no Covid 19 experts, only experts in infectus diseases. With that said better and newer information will always be coming out. Expect things to change to better fight the problem.

If they are the experts on infectious diseases and covid 19 is an infectious disease they should know what they are talking about when they tell everyone to follow the science. Now the science is wrong because covid is a new virus? If they are not sure of what they are talking about the science is just educated guessing. Is it right for the government to use the force of government to take away civil liberties on a guess?

The Australians jump right got on it - that’s how you manage a pandemic