General isolation affects 250,000 residents of the city

129 cases of a new strain of "Corona" in Sydney

He took a swab from a woman at a screening center in Sydney.

Reuters

New South Wales, the most populous state in Australia, has asked its residents to exercise a high degree of caution, after detecting a strain of the virus different from the current strain in Sydney, and the number of people infected with it has now increased to 129, while the general isolation imposed by the authorities in Sydney continues About 250 thousand residents of the city until the ninth of next January, due to the new strain.

The new strain was detected in the coastal suburbs of northern Sydney in the middle of this month, and New South Wales announced the monitoring of three cases during the past 24 hours, all of which may have been related to the strain that appeared in Sydney, according to the authorities.

"I do not rule out that the cases are linked to the (Sydney) strain, but until this link is confirmed, we all in the Greater Sydney area must be very careful," the state's prime minister, Gladys Prejiclian, told reporters.

Sydney curtailed New Year's celebrations by banning large gatherings in open spaces to watch fireworks displays, and urging people to stay home and watch the event on television.

New Year's celebrations in major cities, such as Sydney, were an occasion for people to gather for barbecues and take out to public parks or beaches, but the pandemic thwarted many celebration plans, with the authorities focusing on measures to curb the return of the virus.

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