The news has raised hopes authorities may have managed to contain an outbreak in Sydney's northern beachside suburbs, where 250,000 people are on day three off a five day locked down.

這個消息讓人們對當局可能已經成功控制了雪梨北部海濱郊區的疫情抱有希望，那裡的25萬人正處於封鎖5天后的第三天。

15 new cases were reported on Monday compared to 36 the day before.

週一報告了15個新病例，而前一天為36個。

But more than 80 locations, including cafes and gyms across Sydney, were identified as having been visited by people who have since tested positive.

但在雪梨各地的咖啡館和健身房等80多個地點，都被查出有人去過，此後檢測結果呈陽性。

New South Wales Premier Gladys Burrage, Italy in the restrictions may need to stay in place for Christmas.

新南威爾士州州長格拉迪斯-伯拉格，意大利在聖誕節的限制可能需要保持到位。

We need to monitor and make a final call on Wednesday as to what Christmas on the next few days will look like and I appreciate people have plans in place.

我們需要監測並在週三做出最後的決定，未來幾天的聖誕節會是什麼樣子，我很感激大家有計劃。

I mean, my family is no different to anybody else's.

我的意思是，我的家庭和其他任何人的家庭沒有什麼不同。

We're all I think we all empathize with each other.

我們都是我想我們都會感同身受的。

The government also confirmed it had detected cases in return to UK travelers off the fast spreading new coronavirus strain found in Britain, but that the Sydney cluster strain did not have the mutations.

政府還證實，它已檢測到案件在返回英國旅行者關閉快速傳播的新冠狀病毒株在英國發現，但雪梨集群應變沒有突變。

The original source of that cluster is still unknown, but tests show the strain is almost identical to the one found in a woman who arrived in Sydney from the United States earlier this month.

該群的原始來源仍然未知，但測試顯示，該菌株與本月早些時候從美國抵達雪梨的一名婦女身上發現的菌株幾乎相同。

Meanwhile, other Australian states and territories have moved quickly to close their borders toe all of Sydney's five million residents.

與此同時，澳洲其他州和領地也迅速行動起來，對雪梨的500萬居民全部關閉邊界。

Dozens of domestic flights due to leave the city on Monday were canceled, and states have begun operating checkpoints along the border with New South Wales.

數十架將於週一離開該市的國內班機被取消，各州已開始在與新南威爾士州的邊境地區設立檢查站。