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Byron Bay hostel in week-long Covid lockdown as school leavers arrive to party
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More than 80 backpackers at a Byron Bay hostel on the New South Wales north coast have been placed into a week-long lockdown after a guest tested positive to Covid-19.
The lockdown comes as thousands of celebrating school leavers are due to arrive in Byron Bay and other parts of northern NSW over the next month from this weekend.
Read the original article at The Guardian