Mask mandate to be wound back from tomorrow

The wearing of masks in many settings across Narrabri Shire will no longer be required from 12.01am on Friday, February 25.

Masks will only be mandated on public transport, planes, and indoors at airports, hospitals, aged and disability care facilities, corrections facilities, and indoor music festivals with more than 1000 people.

The changes are among the further easing of restrictions as NSW and Australia prepare for COVID to move from pandemic to endemic.

Masks are encouraged for indoor settings where you cannot maintain a safe distance from others and for customer-facing retail staff to protect vulnerable people who must access these premises and services.

The NSW government said each state government agency will review where it may be appropriate for public-facing staff to wear masks and will implement as necessary.

The 20,000 person cap on music festivals will be removed, with singing and dancing permitted. Vaccination requirements will remain for indoor music festivals over 1000 people, with attendees required to have at least two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.