NSW lockdown extended to Armidale – 500km from Sydney’s Covid epicentre – from TODAY as the region records a positive case

By Matilda Rudd For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 00:32 BST, 7 August 2021 | Updated: 00:37 BST, 7 August 2021

The NSW town of Armidale will go into a snap lockdown 500km away from Sydney’s Covid epicentre as the region records a positive case of the virus.

Member for Armidale Adam Marshall confirmed the LGA will go into lockdown from 5pm today after a woman tested positive to Covid.

The town – which is home to 29,704 residents – is almost six hours drive away from Sydney CBD.

Further details about what restrictions will be in place and for how long have not been announced as yet. 

More to come. 

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