Australia Covid live updates: Sydney coronavirus exposure sites snowball as snap lockdown begins

Exposure sites include venues in city’s northern beaches and south-west after NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian ordered lockdown

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1.05am BST

via AAP

A police officer has been hit and killed by a stolen car north of Brisbane, with a manhunt underway for the driver who fled the scene.

12.56am BST

Set your alarms for 11am.

This is when the New South Wales premier, Gladys Berejiklian, health minister Brad Hazzard and chief health officer Kerry Chant will provide the NSW Covid update.

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source: theguardian.com