translated from Spanish: Sydney forces its inhabitants to wear masks in enclosed places

The city of Sydney, Australia’s most populous, will force its inhabitants to wear masks in some enclosed locations to stem the Covid-19 outbreak after detecting seven cases of local transmission of the virus and the occurrence of several outbreaks in and around the city. The measure will enter into force this midnight and from Monday the authorities will start applying sanctions to those who do not use the hub. The fine will be A$200, something like 13,000 Argentine pesos. The places where the measure will govern are shopping malls, public transport, entertainment venues, hotels, hairdressers and the Sydney Opera House, which will reopen its doors to the public in March with the capacity of the place at 75% to avoid crowding. Among the measures that were created after the detection of the first outbreaks, a limit of five visitors was imposed for the new year-end festivities in each house in the north, the most affected, while restrictions were relaxing in the south of the country. Since the onset of the pandemic Australia has recorded more than 28,400 cases of coronavirus and 909 deaths in a population of approximately 25 million. In addition, following the outbreak in Sydney, several Australian states closed internal borders to prevent their spread.
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