Illawarra councils to close libraries, galleries, customer service desks

Kate McIlwain
Updated March 24 2020 - 8:35am, first published March 23 2020 - 5:00pm
Social no more: More than a book outlet, the Illawarra's libraries are a social hub for older and vulnerable people. However, the COVID-19 safety risk now outweighs their benefits.
Social no more: More than a book outlet, the Illawarra's libraries are a social hub for older and vulnerable people. However, the COVID-19 safety risk now outweighs their benefits.

The Illawarra's public libraries will be closed until further notice, as the fight to keep COVID-19 from spreading further becomes more urgent.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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