Daniel Andrews says his state is being duded when it comes to its Covid vaccine supply, with jabs being taken out of the arms of Victorians so Sydneysiders can go and have picnics .
Crippled businesses and stood-down staff will get extra payments to get them through the additional four weeks of Sydney lockdown announced by the New South Wales government on Wednesday.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirmed the lockdown had been extended to August 28, with authorities making no headway in reducing case numbers as the Delta strain of Covid-19 stubbornly circulates around south-west and western Sydney.
A further 177 cases of the virus were recorded on Wednesday, of which 46 were out in the community while infectious.
Health officials found 90 infections in south-west Sydney and 46 cases in the city s west in the 24 hours to 8pm on Tuesday.
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New South Wales has recorded 38 new local cases of the deadly virus overnight
Only 18 of new infections were self-isolating for entire time they were infectious
Premier Gladys Berejiklian looked increasingly rattled as she revealed increase
Daily rise is the highest in NSW since April 2020 during first wave of infections
New South Wales has recorded 18 local cases of Covid-19 overnight as Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirmed a decision will be made on Wednesday as to whether Sydney s lockdown will end on time on Friday night.
Of those locally-transmitted cases, 11 were in isolation for the entire time they were infectious, but two were infectious while out in the community.
Ms Berejiklian said another five were self-isolating for part of their infectious period.
Authorities have linked all but two of the 18 cases - nine of which are household contacts - to known cases. The new infections were reported from 32,136 tests in the 24 hours to 8pm.