The virus has dramatically altered city life, but will these changes last?
Two months ago, few people could have imagined Sydney would have fenced-off beaches, police patrolling parks, restaurants and cafes shut down, no rush hour and property rapidly falling in value.
Huge crowds gathered to watch the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and danced until dawn at the after party on February 29 even as the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged South Korea and Italy and more cases were detected in Australia.
Dance parties and large public gatherings in the near future seem unimaginable as COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus, dramatically changes city life and turns Sydneysiders into homebodies.