NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian to update case numbers after new hotspots listed by NSW Health
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My colleague, Melissa Davey, has taken a deeper look at why the Delta variant is causing such chaos in NSW. She writes that the NSW strategy of delaying harsh measures as long as possible and relying on people to be sensible has not been enough.
But the experts she spoke to said it is not too late to contain the outbreak. Using police and fines was not the right approach, according to chair of epidemiology at Deakin University, Prof Catherine Bennett
You can’t just add more fines and bring in more police, because if people don’t realise they’re doing the wrong thing, they’re not thinking about fines either.
We need to share that positive messaging that support is in place, and put testing in places where people feel safe and where it’s easy, and show that it is endorsed by community leaders.
Related: What went wrong: how Delta exposed the NSW approach to Covid
Today was meant to be the day Greater Sydney emerged from a two-week lockdown.
Instead, Sydney is in the midst of the toughest Covid-19 restrictions in more than a year and the possibility the lockdown will stretch beyond its scheduled end next weekend.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2021/jul/10/australia-covid-live-news-updates-nsw-crisis-widens-amid-fears-of-extended-lockdown
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