Sydney Test under threat as areas near SCG put on alert: Report

Sydney, Jan 1 : The third Test match between India and Australia, starting on January 7 at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), has come under threat after 10 cases of Covid-19 emerged on December 31 in Sydney’s vicinity, taking the total number of positive cases to 170 over the last two weeks.
According to a report in Channel 9, there have been calls to play the third Test at the SCG without spectators inside the stadium.
“The Blue Mountain and Illawarra, a broad area is being affected by these outbreaks,” said a report on Nine News Sydney.
The areas of Berala and Smithfield, which are just 30-odd kilometres from the SCG have been put on alert.
“There have been calls to make [wearing] masks mandatory and, of course, not to have crowds which is due to kick off from seventh [of January]. Whether that happens, remains to be seen. We are expecting to hear from the New South Wales premier later in the day. But the numbers are really significant, we had 10 cases diagnosed for the lat day of 2020,” the report added.
“Over the last two weeks, cases have risen from zero to 170 cases and that is significant. We are talking of a wide area, city blue mountain and Illawarra.”