Australia news LIVE: NSW records 13 new local COVID-19 cases as restrictions reimposed for gatherings; Queensland border closes to state’s hotspots

Mask wearing restrictions already in place until next Wednesday have been extended.

In addition to the indoor venues already announced yesterday (such as shopping centres), workers must now wear masks in workplaces and people attending organised outdoor events must wear masks except for while eating and drinking.

Gym classes are limited to 20, and participants must wear a mask. Along with wearing masks on public transport, social distancing must be observed.

NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard said there should be no reluctance to wear masks.

Mr Hazzard said the 13 new cases since 8pm last night has brought the situation from “near and present danger to a very real and present danger, not just in a shopping centre but right across Sydney”.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian wouldn’t rule out the possibility of a lockdown, but said she is confident that “if we adhere to the health orders today, we will have a good chance on getting on top of this outbreak”.

“We will not burden our citizens unless we absolutely have to,” she said.

“We know basically where the super-spreading events have been, we know where the virus is circulating. We don’t want to take any further action than what we have now, but this relies on all of us reining in our behaviour, all of us following the health orders that are coming into place.”