Sydney Churches Suspend And Amend Services Due To Coronavirus Restrictions

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 22: Father James collins holds a service in the yard of St Paul's Anglican Church in Burwood with seating observant of social distancing on March 22, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. Churches across Sydney have opted to suspend services or hold them outdoors after further measures were introduced on Friday limiting the number of people inside a venue to one every 4 square metres in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Non-essential gatherings of 100 or more people indoors are banned, along with outdoor gatherings of more than 500 people in a bid to contain the spread of COVID-19. A travel ban on all visitors who are not Australian citizens or residents or their direct relations arriving into the country is now in place. There are now 1081 confirmed cases of COVID-19 In Australia and the death toll now stands at seven. (Photo by Jenny Evans/Getty Images)