The NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is providing a COVID-19 update alongside state health officials as Sydney’s Northern Beaches exit lockdown.

Sydney residents in lockdown since before Christmas have woken to newfound freedom just as NSW is being warned about coronavirus variants.

Residents north of Narrabeen Bridge on Sydney’s Northern Beaches have finally had their stay-at-home orders lifted.

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