NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian has described the state’s fight against the Delta strain as ‘literally a war’. Follow latest updates
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WA premier Mark McGowan has told Sky News that zero Covid is WA’s “preferred option” and indicated lockdowns and restrictions could still be in place in the state even once vaccination rates reach 80%:
Our preferred option is zero Covid obviously and that’s what we’ll attempt to do ... We don’t want to have deaths and we don’t want to have spread of the virus, but there can be some easing of some of the rules. When you get to 70, perhaps 80, if there is a lockdown it might be a lesser area rather than the entire metropolitan area. It might be a country town rather than the entire region.
We retain the right to put in place border [restrictions], that’s understood, but some of the measures we put in place might ease, once we reach that level of vaccination.
As part of the new statewide lockdown in NSW, a further 500 Australian Defence Force troops, in addition to the 300 already deployed, will assist with compliance checks and patrols in NSW while police ramp up operations across the state, AAP reports.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2021/aug/15/covid-australia-live-update-nsw-sydney-strict-lockdown-army-police-fines-health-orders-victoria-melbourne-queensland-coronavirus-gladys-berejiklian-dan-andrews-scott-morrison
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