Two adults and children can visit friends in their home from Friday in New South Wales - Daily Mail

Family barbecues are back on! NSW relaxes lockdown laws to allow two adults at a time to visit their friends and relatives - and they can take all their kids with them

• From Friday, May 1, two adults and their children can visit friends in their homes
• Premier Gladys Berejiklian said families should still practise social distancing 
• Ms Berejiklian warned that people over 70 should be wary of leaving the home 

By Charlie Moore, Political Reporter For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 23:08 BST, 27 April 2020 | Updated: 01:31 BST, 28 April 2020

Two adults and their children can visit friends in their homes in New South Wales from Friday.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced the relaxation of coronavirus restrictions this morning after Australia recorded just seven new cases on Monday.

Adults will not need a reason to visit their friends and can bring their children with them. 

Two adults and their children can visit friends in their home in New South Wales from Friday, paving the way for family barbecues (stock photo)

'From May 1, on Friday, two adults will be able to go and visit anybody else in their home on the basis of care, on the basis of reducing isolation and everybody's mental health,' the Premier said. 

'If you have young children, it's OK to take them with you. But a maximum of two adults will be able to visit anybody else.' 

Ms Berejiklian warned that people over 70 should be wary of leaving the home and that everybody visiting friends should practise social distancing. 

The premier also said there will be increased retail activity over the coming weeks as more shops decide to open their doors, which they are allowed to do.

'This is something that the government encourages, but also wants to make sure that everybody sticks to those social distancing rules when you are out and about shopping,' she said. 

Ms Berejiklian said children will return to classrooms on May 11 on a roster basis but she hopes schools will open full-time sooner rather than later.

Two walkers laugh on Burleigh beach on Sunday morning. Queenslanders will be able to relax at the beach in groups of two when eased restrictions come into play at midnight on Friday

Under the eased restrictions, outings are limited to members of the same household or an individual and one friend. Pictured: a couple doing boxing training in Burleigh on Saturday

'I do want to stress that we're very hopeful that the first few weeks of school returning will result in us being able to possibly truncate the process to have full time face-to-face student attendance quicker than anticipated,' she said. 

'But of course, we wanted to introduce the staged approach to make sure that all of our schools are ready for any unforeseen issues. 

CORONAVIRUS CASES IN AUSTRALIA: 6,728

New South Wales: 3,009

Victoria: 1,351

Queensland: 1,033

Western Australia: 549

South Australia: 438

Tasmania: 214

Australian Capital Territory: 106

Northern Territory: 28

TOTAL CASES:  6,728

RECOVERED: 5,588

DEAD: 84

The WA government announced on Sunday that it was increasing its two-person limit on non-work activities to 10, provided people adhere to social distancing and good hygiene. 

Picnics, boating, hiking, camping and group exercise are back and couples can now have five more people at their wedding.

On Sunday Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced residents will finally be freed to go for a drive, sit at the beach, have a picnic, visit a national park and shop for non-essential items from midnight on Friday after weeks of restrictions. 

Drivers must remain within 50km of their home. 

In the Northern Territory, national parks will be open from noon on Friday.

Australia recorded just seven new cases of coronavirus on Monday as several states announced the relaxation of restrictions.

Four states and territories recorded no new cases as Australia's lockdown restrictions continue to flatten the COVID-19 curve. 

Australia's reduction of new infections is the envy of the world, with the global number of cases rising to more than three million globally on Monday night. 

Ms Berejiklian warned that people over 70 should be wary of leaving the home and that everybody visiting friends should practise social distancing

Australia recorded just seven new cases of coronavirus on Monday as the Government said it would increase testing ahead of lifting restrictions

Western Australia, South Australia, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory all had no new cases on Monday. 

New South Wales and Tasmania had two new cases each while Queensland had three.

Travel bans, closed borders and business shutdowns have slashed the number of new daily cases from a peak of 460 on March 28. 

Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy said on Monday the government's 'suppression' strategy was working.

He said that if the progress continued, restrictions may soon be gently relaxed - meaning people would be able to sit on a park bench or possibly hold small gatherings.  

Prof Murphy said if there were no outbreaks as a result of easing those restrictions, further shutdown measures would be relaxed.

WHICH STATES AND TERRITORIES ARE EASING CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS?

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

* Coronavirus restrictions eased from Monday, 27 April.

* Two-person limit on non-work activities, including picnics, boating, hiking, camping, and group exercise eased from two to 10 people, provided they adhere to social distancing and good hygiene.

* Weddings and funerals can have up to 10 people present.

* In real estate, open houses and display villages permitted but records must be kept of everyone who enters a home.

* Students will return to the classroom from May 29.

* WA Premier Mark McGowan said it was a 'cautious relaxation' of restrictions.

NORTHERN TERRITORY

* Parks and reserves will reopen this weekend.

* Cafes and gyms expected to reopen in June, but under strict rules.

* 'We can only do this because of the work and sacrifices of Territorians and we can only keep our parks open if Territorians are respectful of each other's space,' Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner said.

QUEENSLAND

* Stay-at-home restrictions to ease from Saturday, May 2.

* Family picnics and weekend drives allowed, national parks will reopen and people can shop for clothing and shoes.

* Citizens must stay within 50km of their homes, and social distancing will still be enforced.

* People from the same household can go out together, while those who live alone can spend time with one other person.

* No change to schools until at least May 15 with students continuing to learn remotely where they can.

* 'We recognise that Queenslanders have done a great job in trying to flatten that curve. So we also know it's having a big impact on people's mental health. We thought we could lift some stay-at-home restrictions,' Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says.

VICTORIA

* Coronavirus restrictions to be reassessed on May 11 when the state of emergency ends.

* 'I don't know what transmission will look like this week or next week, but I think the state of emergency going to May 11 is a nice line-up with the national cabinet process for a real look at changing the restrictions,' Chief Health Officer Professor Brett Sutton said.

TASMANIA

* Restrictions closing non-essential retail in the northwest, due to be lifted on Sunday, have been pushed back to at least May 3.

* Most Tasmanian students to begin term two on Tuesday remotely, but schools in the northwest area will open a week later.

* 'I don't want to have a knee-jerk reaction ... take away restrictions too early only to have to bring them back again,' Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein said.

NEW SOUTH WALES

*From Friday 1 May, two adults and their children can visit friends in their home

* The state government is encouraging shops to re-open with social distancing in place

*Pupils are going back to school on May 11 on a roster basis. State government wants full-time classroom teaching sooner rather than later  

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

* South Australia not looking at easing any coronavirus restrictions 'any time soon'.

* 'Our restrictions are actually not as severe in some respects as other states and territories,' South Australian Health Minister Stephen Wade said.

ACT

* The territory won't be lifting any restrictions soon.

* 'This is not a race or a contest between jurisdictions. We are in a great position here in the ACT, largely thanks to the great community effort in complying with the rules around physical distancing. However, we have seen around the world what can happen when restrictions are imposed too late or taken away too early,' ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr said.

 

 

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