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Sydney living with Coronavirus, April 24, 2020
While many can do their jobs remotely, The Sydney Morning Herald photographers continue to capture the pandemic from Sydney's drive-thru testing centres to the homes of people who generously share their personal stories and experiences.
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Auburn Gallipoli Mosque General Manager Ergun Genel prays alone due to the coronavirus on the first day of Ramadan. Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Eastern suburb residents flock to Clovelly beach mocking the States' lock down laws and social distancing recommendations. Further south, along the rocky shoreline of Gordon's Bay, dozens of sunbathers had to be dispersed by police officers in what is, according to a local source, a daily procedure.Credit:Dean Sewell
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A deceased man, casualty of COVID-19 arrives at a Sydney Funeral Director service, after being released from hospital. Credit:James Brickwood
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Maroubra beach at sunrise, the day it reopened - Monday April 20,2020.Credit:Louise Kennerley
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Clovelly Beach reopens for exercise only.Credit:James Brickwood
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Some Ruby Princess crew members were repatriated before its departure on April 23, 2020.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Daily life in Hurstville in Sydney's southwest. Credit:Steven Siewert
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Pasan Wijesena, owner operator of Earls Juke Joint in Newtown and Jacobys Tiki Bar in Enmore, has lost 95 per cent of his revenue and is keeping afloat with rent assistance and takeaway sales.Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
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The national cabinet is considering expanding coronavirus testing for the first time to asymptomatic frontline workers, including police, retail staff and transport workers. On Friday NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced a statewide testing blitz, expanding the criteria to anyone with even the mildest symptoms, in line with every state and territory. Nurse Krizzaint Aliparo at St Vincent's Hospital new Covid-19 testing clinic, East Sydney Community and Arts Centre.Credit:Louise Kennerley
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Public transport across Sydney has seen a decline in passenger numbers since the coronavirus lockdown. Credit:Rhett Wyman
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An empty ferry ride from Circular Quay.Credit:Rhett Wyman
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The Ruby Princess cruise ship, which was the source of hundreds of Australia's Coronavirus cases, departs Port Kembla, NSW, with its remaining crew. April 23, 2020Credit:Janie Barrett
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Self isolation in a block of apartments in Zetland.Credit:Edwina Pickles
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People exercise and walk their dogs in Cammeray.Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
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The drive-through Coronavirus testing clinic at Bondi Beach.Credit:Edwina Pickles
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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian adresses the media about students returning back to school full-time from term three. Credit:Rhett Wyman
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People flocked to a Clovelly beach carpark defying lockdown laws and social distancing recommendations.Credit:Dean Sewell
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Barricades are placed at Coogee beach, the beach reopened for exercise only. Bondi beach is set to reopen under the same guidelines next Tuesday.Credit:Louise Kennerley
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Maroubra beach reopened last Monday.Credit:Louise Kennerley
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Nurse Jarrod Tunks prepares to test patients at St Vincents Hospital new Covid-19 testing clinic at East Sydney Community and Arts Centre. Credit:Louise Kennerley