The New South Wales (NSW) government has extended its CCP virus lockdown measures until July 16, dashing the hopes of the five million people currently enduring stay-at-home orders in Greater Sydney and its surrounds during the school holiday period. The lockdown extension comes as the state recorded 27 new local COVID-19 cases for the 24 hours to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, with only 13 in isolation for the entirety of their infectious period. The state has continued to record more than a dozen new cases for several days. The extended lockdown covers Greater Sydney, Wollongong, Shellharbour, Blue Mountains, and the Central Coast. “The reason why the NSW government has taken this position is because we don’t want to be in a situation where we are constantly having to move between lockdown, no lockdown, lockdown, no lockdown,” Premier Gladys Berejiklian told reporters on Wednesday. With the school term due to begin next week, …