With regard to funerals and lockdowns in NSW (and other states), Hinduism has a 13th day memorial conducted in the home. Enquiries with Health Department indicates that Hindu priests can go to the homes to perform the obsequies.
information here: https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/rules/affected-area#visiting-the-area-of-concern:
If you live inside Greater Sydney (including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Shellharbour, and Wollongong local government areas), you can enter the local government areas of Blacktown, Campbelltown, Canterbury-Bankstown, Cumberland, Fairfield, Georges River, Liverpool or Parramatta if you have a reasonable excuse.
Reasonable excuses included attend a funeral or memorial service that complies with the rules for funerals and memorial services and to provide pastoral care if you are a priest, minister of religion or member of a religious order.
Funerals and memorial services
Number of people
- A maximum of 10 people can attend a funeral or memorial service or gathering afterwards in Greater Sydney.
- The 10 person maximum also applies to an outdoor funeral, memorial service or gathering afterwards. A funeral cannot occur at a place of residence.
- In addition to the 10 people attending the service there may also be
- a person conducting the service
- other people who are necessary for the preparation and conduct of the service.
Who can attend
Attending a funeral or memorial service is a reasonable excuse to leave home and to enter the local government areas of Blacktown, Campbelltown, Canterbury-Bankstown, Cumberland, Fairfield, Georges River, Liverpool or Parramatta.
People from the local government areas of Blacktown, Campbelltown, Canterbury-Bankstown, Cumberland, Fairfield, Georges River, Liverpool or Parramatta can only leave their place of residence to attend a funeral, memorial service or gathering afterwards outside of Greater Sydney if they are a spouse (including de facto), parent, child or sibling of the deceased.
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