Alexandra Smith, Lucy Carroll, Mary Ward and Broede Carmody12:22, Jul 09 2021
The New South Wales (NSW) government is facing its most difficult decision of the pandemic, with senior ministers cautiously canvassing abandoning a zero local-transmission strategy and accepting the Delta strain of Covid-19 will circulate in the community. Three senior ministers, who would not speak publicly due to cabinet confidentiality, have acknowledged the Australian state has reached a “fork in the road” where it must choose between a lockdown to eliminate Covid or living with the virus.
Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images
Lockdowns are in place across Greater Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast and Wollongong.
Sydney COVID: Senior ministers consider letting Delta circulate in community watoday.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from watoday.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.