Sydney’s Bondi Beach has been re-opened to swimmers and surfers despite the local area having Australia’s highest concentration of coronavirus cases. The beach was opened from 7:00 a.m. today until 5:00 p.m. with officials keeping tallies of the number of beach goers coming and going through gates to ensure social distancing. Hundreds braved cool autumn weather to return to the water soon after the gates opened. Police closed the beach five weeks ago because of thousands of people congregating there in defiance of social distancing regulations. The Waverley municipality in wealthy eastern Sydney, which includes Bondi, says it continues to have the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Australia.

Source: The Standard April 28, 2020 05:37 UTC