‘We cannot just keep shutting cities down’ to get through pandemic

27 JUNE 2021

Chef Luke Mangan has called for the NSW government to open fully when it’s possible and “learn to live” with COVID-19. “We cannot just keep shutting cities down to get through this, we’ve got to learn to live with it,” he told Sky News Australia. “The city was coming back to full strength again, our businesses were looking great, the government had done a good job. “Look at Victoria, I’ve got friends with restaurants and hotels in the CBD there who are still really suffering. “They’re on the four square metre rule still after being open for the last two or three weeks. “Our government surely, Gladys Berejiklian, cannot follow that lead of keeping the square metre space and open slowly.”