Catering By Design owner Karin Slade has spoken to Sky News about how her business has been impacted by the latest restrictions which have been implemented in a bid to stem the spread of the Northern Beaches' COVID-19 cluster. On Monday it was announced that stay-at-home lockdown orders will remain in place for the northern zone of the Northern Beaches until January 9, while restrictions are expected to be eased for the southern zone on January 3.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the amount of active cases, the number of people in isolation and the still unknown root cause of the outbreak dictated the decision to keep the northern zone in lockdown until January 9. Ms Slade, whose company is based on the Northern Beaches, said there was a great excitement for the upcoming New Year's events, which have now had to be cancelled.