NSW Health authorities say Australia's national COVID-19 strategy must now focus on the vaccine rollout in south-west Sydney, as today's case numbers continue to rise and another person dies from the virus.
Health authorities in NSW have called for Australia's COVID-19 vaccine strategy to focus on south-west Sydney, where the virus outbreak is now a "national emergency".
NSW recorded 136 new COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours to 8:00pm yesterday — the highest number of daily new infections in the state since this Delta outbreak began last month. Ms Berejiklian said it was better to get at least one jab in people and said she would ask other states to give up their allocatiosn of the Pfizer vaccine today.
Dr Chant said the Pfizer vaccine should be administered to the "younger working population in order to prevent the spread”."They are doing critical food production, critical work, to keep society functioning, and we are seeing cases introduced the virus into various workplaces.
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