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April 20, 2020 00: 04:54
A council in Sydney’s east has revealed it will re-open its beaches for exercise from Monday regardless of NSW Health singling out the area as a coronavirus hotspot.
Key points:
- Clovelly, Maroubra and Coogee will re-open for exercise on the sand and in the water
- The beaches come under the Randwick council location, which has the 10 th-highest rate of COVID-19 in NSW
- Beaches in the Waverley council location, such as Bondi, will not re-open
The barriers will come down at Coogee, Maroubra and Clovelly beaches on Monday after they were closed about a month earlier to stop individuals from gathering together.
Randwick Council stated the spread had actually been slowed and permitting access once again remained in the interests of residents’ wellbeing.
However,