Cars lined up at a drive-through Covid-19 testing clinic at the Cavanbah Centre in Byron Bay. Photo: GettyNew South Wales has recorded a locally-acquired Covid-19 case - its first in two weeks - and four northern NSW districts have been placed under new restrictions. The new case is a man who didn't attend but is connected to a hen party that took place in Byron Bay last weekend and is linked to a number of Covid cases in Queensland. The new infection in NSW was recorded after 8pm on Tuesday and will be included in Thursday's figures. "It is our strong preference - it will not be mandatory but it is our very strong preference - that if you live in any of those four local government areas, that you don't travel outside those areas," she said on Wednesday.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 31, 2021 01:17 UTC