It comes after New South Wales recorded 136 local COVID-19 cases on Friday and premier saying that the evolving situation could be regarded a 'national emergency'. 9News
Dr Chant said young people in south-west Sydney were the driving force keeping Sydney going and getting them doses of the Pfizer vaccine must be a priority.
"Because of that, my view is that we need to get vaccines into younger people in south-western Sydney and as the Premier indicated, south-western Sydney and parts of Western Sydney have some of the lower levels of vaccination coverage which poses another challenge, and so we need to redouble our efforts in supporting that community to have access to vaccinations.
NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard reiterated the message, saying the state had "oceans of AstraZeneca" available and people should consider vaccination as an "obligation to yourself, the community, New South Wales and indeed Australia, because this could leak further into other states."Earlier this morning, infectious disease expert, Professor Robert Booy, said the state "is on the precipice" of losing control of the current outbreak if local infections keep growing.
Professor Booy said while numbers this week have grown, the coming days would indicate if the harder lockdown has had any real effect. Professor Booy said there was data suggesting the Delta variant could have gotten out of control prior to the current NSW outbreak and an earlier lockdown could have made a difference.
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