Parts of Sydney set for lockdown amid coronavirus surge

People queue in their cars to get tested for Covid-19 at a pop-up testing clinic at Bondi Beach in Sydney (Dean Lewins/AAP Image via AP/PA)

Parts of Sydney will go into lockdown late on Friday amid a growing coronavirus outbreak in Australia’s largest city.

Health authorities reported an additional 22 locally transmitted cases and imposed a week-long lockdown in four areas, saying people could leave their homes only for essential purposes.