NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian warned the government was not afraid of moving back to tougher restrictions if people do not adhere to social distancing rules which are being eased slightly on Friday.
“All it means is that we've done well to date,” she said.
“The easing of restrictions will only be permanent if all of us take on the responsibility to respect the new set of rules we've put in place.”
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says some restrictions will be eased by Friday.Credit:AAP
“We have to keep our vigilance every time you leave the house,” Ms Berejiklian said. “You have to assume you have the virus or somebody you're going into contact with has the virus.”
Ms Berejiklian said from Friday, people will be allowed to have gatherings of up to 10 people outside and five visitors to a household, but that number included children.
Cafes and restaurants will be permitted to seat 10 patrons at any one time. Playgrounds and outdoor gym equipment in parks will also be reopened.
Weddings and funerals can have more people attend - 10 can attend a wedding, while 20 people can go to an indoor funeral and 30 can attend an outdoor one.
Ms Berejiklian said images of crowds of people in shopping centres and outside despite no current change to restrictions was concerning.
She also pointed out that NSW is not adopting all of the measures in the federal government's stage-1 phase of the roadmap to recovery.
“In some ways, we're moving a bit more slowly especially when it comes to regional tourism,” she said. “Everybody still cannot take a holiday in NSW.”
Cafes in NSW will be able to open for up to 10 people from Friday.Credit:Steven Siewert
It comes as NSW recorded just two new coronavirus cases in the 24 hours to 8pm on Saturday night.
NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said one of the state’s two new cases was in an overseas traveller, and the other was a close contact of a known case.
On Saturday, 9,500 people in NSW were tested for COVID-19.
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt welcomed NSW's decision as "a very clear intention" to begin implementing the three-stage road map to reopening Australia outlined by the Prime Minister following Friday's national cabinet meeting.
The decision comes after Ms Berejiklian said as recently as Friday that NSW would not rush to lift further restrictions, and would instead wait to review the May health data to see the impact of existing measures, including the return to face-to-face schooling.
Lisa Visentin is a state political reporter at The Sydney Morning Herald.
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