New South Wales must "continue lockdowns until the virus is eliminated", the president of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) has said.
Dr Omar Khorshid issued a strong warning to NSW, urging leaders to "stick to their guns" or risk "disaster".
"There's no alternative to elimination," he said, given "nowhere in the world has any community been able to live with Delta without very significant levels of vaccination".
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Dr Omar Khorshid has said there is no alternative except for NSW to 'eliminate' COVID-19.(Tony McDonough)
"We would be talking about long-term significant restrictions on people's movements from going in and out of lockdown, hospitals filling up with extremely sick people, and a devastating economic impact, not just on NSW but the rest of the country," he said.