The proportion of Australian adults fully vaccinated has now hit 23.73 per cent and 45.36 per cent have had at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccination.
Community leaders in western Sydney say they are concerned about the level of misinformation fuelling hesitancy around the COVID-19 vaccine in the area. Some though, have found unique ways to cut through with their own public health campaigns.
Recent surveys of refugees in NSW show high levels of trust in the government and police counter to recent suggestions that people in western Sydney haven’t built up trust in government.
Harvard-trained epidemiologist Dr Eric Feigl-Ding said in order to live with Delta, life will need to remain in a perpetual state of restrictions - even with 90 per cent vaccination rates.