Sydney s Delta outbreak has not peaked and residents must brace for more deaths, authorities said, as Australia s largest city continued to break records for new daily infections.
Burnet Institute Director Professor Brendan Crabb said it was clear the state s piecemeal approach to locking down Sydney had not been effective in reducing the spread of the Delta strain of Covid-19.
A new Guardian Australia poll shows that vaccine hesitancy is down this month, correlating with the Delta COVID outbreak, while vaccinations are rising.
As the most-populous state records the largest number of cases since the crisis began, governments are refusing to take the measures required to curb mass transmission.