NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the state must learn to live with COVID-19 as the number of people in hospital with the virus doubled within a week
“There is no sense that it is heading rapidly towards zero which is what remains our national approach at the moment. There is clearly a need for a circuit breaker,” Professor Kelly said.James Brickwood
“We know, given where the numbers are and the experience of Delta overseas, that we now have to live with Delta in one way or another - and that’s pretty obvious. But the higher the vaccination rate, the safer we all are and the more free we will be”.Positive COVID-19 cases in the state’s Delta outbreak surged past 4500 on Friday, with almost two-thirds of Friday’s new cases in people aged under 30.
Three staff members at the hospital – two nurses and a student nurse – worked in the geriatric and vascular wards while infectious late last month, resulting in at least nine cases in patients. “We are seeing transmission, potentially around shopping areas,” she said. “Do not enter shops when there are other people in the shop. Wait outside. Keep your social distance. Wear your mask correctly at all times and stay safe.”
“That is why it is so critical that people get tested at the earliest point, and that people within workplaces follow all the COVID safety practices,” Dr Chant said. More than 93,600 people received a vaccine in NSW on Thursday. The state needs to maintain a level of 69,000 doses a day if it is to reach the government’s goal of six million jabs, or 60 per cent of the population, by the end of the month.
All HSC trials will be completed at home across Greater Sydney, and only small groups of students will be allowed on campus at any one time from August 16.
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