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Wednesday, May 18

After four brutal months in lockdown, NSW cautiously eyes freedom

NSW will emerge from lockdown in a fortnight after almost four months of stay-at-home orders for large swathes of the state.

Disturbingly high: Teen among seven deaths as NSW infections surge by 478

Thousands of NSW police are on patrol to enforce tough new COVID-19 regulations for the locked-down state.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett)

Hermit state where only one in five people are allowed to leave homes

More than 80 per cent of the NSW population is in lockdown as the state struggles to curb the spread of the Delta COVID-19 strain beyond Greater Sydney and into the regions.

Another month of darkness: Sydney's 177 cases worst possible news on lockdown

Millions of people in Greater Sydney and beyond will remain in lockdown for another four weeks as NSW recorded another 177 locally acquired COVID-19 infections.

NSW Premier admits to 'scariest time' but resists moving to lock down Sydney

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is resisting any move toward putting Sydney into lockdown as new COVID-19 cases continue to mount and her own health minister, Brad Hazzard, revealed he was self isolating after another minister tested positive to the virus.

All rise: Stand-up drinking back in vogue, dancing at weddings could be next

A roadmap for recovery from the COVID-19 restrictions will mean that from this afternoon Queenslanders will be able to stand at a hotel bar and have a drink, and if all goes well by December there will be unlimited dancing at weddings.