Sydney news: Stores emptied amid coronavirus fears, woman charged over stabbing
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Here's what you need to know this morning.
Coronavirus spreads in Sydney
Supermarkets across Sydney have been stripped bare of some essential items, after the number of coronavirus infections in NSW jumped to nine yesterday.
Toilet paper is sold out at several stores from Hurstville in Sydney's west to Double Bay in the east, and customers are also stockpiling handwash, sanitisers, tissues and painkillers.
NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard has asked Australians to stop shaking hands to reduce the risk of contracting coronavirus.
"I'm not going to say don't kiss, but certainly you could be exercising a degree of care and caution with whom you choose to kiss," he added.
Here's the latest on the COVID-19:
- Here, the ABC's medical reporter Sophie Scott explains what "social distancing" measures could be considered next
- Yesterday, Australia's first person-to-person transmissions were recorded in Sydney
- One of the two people infected like that is a doctor who had been treating coronavirus patients
- Raina MacIntyre, a Professor of Biosecurity at the University of NSW, said it was concerning NSW health authorities did not know how the doctor contracted the virus
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Major Sydney train delays
Sydney's train network has been thrown into chaos this morning, with major delays on several lines in the wake of a work car derailing near Circular Quay.
Workers in a ute, which had been modified to drive on the rails, were inspecting the track early this morning when the vehicle derailed on the City Circle line between Circular Quay and Wynyard.
Impacted lines included the T2 Inner West and Leppington, T3 Bankstown and T8 Airport and South Line.
Major delays and cancellations are expected to continue through the day.
Firefighters celebrate good news
For the first time since July 2019, there are no active bush or grass fires burning in NSW.
The NSW RFS said the unprecedented season had brought more than 240 days of fire activity in the stare.
It caps off a season of wild weather, which brought fires, smoke, hail and floods to the state.
The weather bureau said last summer was the second hottest on record.
Sydney lights up Times Square
Images of iconic Australian landmarks will light up New York City's Times Square for the next two weeks in a bid to attract tourists to Sydney.
About 21 million people are expected to see the 18-storey digital billboard displaying videos and pictures of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney Opera House and Bondi Beach.
Lightyear Media donated the advertising opportunity to support NSW's tourism recovery efforts in the wake of last season's bushfire devastation.
The US is NSW's second-largest international market, with Americans spending about $830 million in the state last year.
Woman allegedly stabs man in Hunter
A 22-year-old woman has been charged with the stabbing murder of a man in the Hunter region.
Police arrested the woman after a raid on a hotel room at North Haven, south of Port Macquarie, yesterday.
Jason Adams, 27, was found lying in the middle of the road at Raymond Terrace in the early hours of Saturday morning.
The woman was refused bail overnight and will appear in Port Macquarie local court this morning.
Tuesday's weather
Cloudy. High (70 per cent) chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and evening.| Min. | Max. | |
|---|---|---|
| CBD | 19 | 23 |
| Parramatta | 17 | 22 |
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