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Ahmad Rashad Nadir, 27, and Sarah Abu Lebdeh, 26, were both suspended from their duties at Bankstown Hospital in February after the video was released online.

Ms Abu Lebdeh and another man were both suspended from their duties at Bankstown Hospital after the video - filmed on an anonymous online platform which pairs people randomly for a chat - was released online.

He added that staff at the hospital in the suburb of Bankstown were embarrassed and ashamed, but said it did not diminish the good work they did.

From a distance, El-Hayek, a councillor for the city of Canterbury Bankstown in Sydney's southwest, exchanges a few words with Darlene to check on how she is coping under lockdown.

Residents of Sydney's Bayside area and two other council areas went into a harsh lockdown on Thursday as they border the Canterbury Bankstown council area, which has the city's highest number of COVID-19 cases, according to state health authorities.