Breaking: NSW has recorded 199 new local COVID-19 cases. At least 50 of those were infectious in the community. Follow our live coverage:
In recent days, many exposure sites listed by NSW Health have been supermarkets, but Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant says it is important for the public to know transmission in these settings is very rare.
Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton says that misinformation and disinformation are impacting vaccine uptake in areas throughout the state. Asked a series of questions about what the pathway out of Greater Sydney’s lockdown would look like and why this has not been made publicly available, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says there is not enough certainty.
“But given where our vaccination rates are, our intent as a government is to keep our population, first and foremost, safe.” “We need to drive this right down before ... we undertake a really significant review that will be next Tuesday,” Professor Sutton said.NSW ‘looking at incentives’ for vaccination, reviewing booking systemAfter hinting earlier in the press conference that her government is considering incentives for people to get vaccinated, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian declined to say whether she supported federal Labor’s suggestion of a $300 payment.
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