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Emptying out: COVID-19 shutdown in force in Wollongong's CBD

Kate McIlwain
Updated March 26 2020 - 4:05pm, first published March 25 2020 - 4:00pm
Sign of the times: Wollongong Central remains open, but many services and shops are now closed as the progression to complete shutdown continues. Picture: Adam McLean.
Sign of the times: Wollongong Central remains open, but many services and shops are now closed as the progression to complete shutdown continues. Picture: Adam McLean.

Free parking arrived at Wollongong Central this week, but - in a sign of the times - it's not even a blip on the radar for most people, as the Illawarra's economic heart continues to shut down.

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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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