Covid curbs reinstated in Sydney as Australian officials trace mystery case

Medical officers conduct a mass Covid-19 testing at a parking lot on Bondi Beach in Sydney as administration implementing new restrictions after new cases of community transmission.

* Mystery case linked to India variant * Masks made mandatory indoors, limits for household gatherings * Restrictions to last throughout weekend * Coronavirus detected in sewerage network Australian officials reinstated social distancing measures across greater Sydney on Thursday, as they scrambled to find missing transmission links in a Covid-19 case connected to an Indian variant of the virus. With many people expected to gather over the weekend for annual Mother's Day celebrations, the New South Wales state government restricted household gatherings to 20 guests and limited aged care facility visitors to two people per resident. Masks will be mandatory on public transport and at indoor venues. All the restrictions, which cover around 5.3 million people in the country's biggest metropolitan area, take effect at 5 p.m. local time and are scheduled to last until Monday morning.