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New vaccine hubs will be set up in New South Wales and over 40s will be able to get the jab from pharmacies as Sydney s Covid outbreak worsens.
A total of 112 new cases were recorded on Monday - most in the Fairfield area - taking the latest outbreak to 678 cases since June 16.
Teachers and aged care workers in the Fairfield, Canterbury-Bankstown and Liverpool areas will be priotised for jabs, with a new hub at Fairfield Showground opening on Friday to target 10,000 of them.
A total of 112 new cases were recorded on Monday - most in the Fairfield area - taking the latest outbreak to 678 cases
Waleed Aly has questioned whether Gladys Berejiklian should plunge Sydney into a harder lockdown.
The Project panellists on Wednesday night discussed the NSW premier s decision to extend restrictions in the city until July 16 as it battles a nightmare outbreak of the Indian Delta Covid strain.
Meanwhile, Strategic Health Consultant Bill Bowtell joined the debate to blast NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard s suggestion Australia may need to learn to live with the virus, rather than pursuing a zero cases strategy.
The discussion came after Sydney recorded 27 new cases of the highly infectious Delta variant in the 24 hours to 8pm on Tuesday, of which 14 were out in the community while infectious.
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NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard says the Delta variant of COVID-19 is a “formidable foe” capable of counterattacking the government’s public health orders.
Residents of Greater Sydney are preparing for tighter restrictions after the state recorded 29 new locally acquired cases up until 8pm on Friday.
Minister Hazzard has urged the Sydneysiders to “stay away from other people” to curb the spread of the virus.
“The Delta variant is proving to be a very formidable foe,” he said.
“No matter what defensive steps we are taking at the moment, the virus seems to understand how to counterattack in different locations.
“This virus is certainly lurking in places we hadn't expected and it is waiting, it is waiting to actually be able to extend it across Sydney.
“We know it can only spread if we're near other people. If we stay away from other people, then that's a major offensive step that hopefully it can't counterattack against.”