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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian thanked young people and ‘those doing it tough’ during a press conference on Thursday.
Her comments came after a reporter asked the Premier whether young people had been expected to make sacrifices to protect older Australians whilst being denied vaccinations.
“You are asking a lot of young people, the reporter said. Young people cancelling their weddings, losing their jobs, businesses going down the drain, suicide rates are going up, but young people cannot get vaccinated.
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The Premier said she has argued for more vaccinations for the state and that Australia’s vaccination rollout is managed by the federal government.
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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has backtracked on her firm commitment that Sydneyâs lockdown would end on Friday, July 16 after the state recorded its highest daily COVID-19 caseload during the current outbreak.
Ms Berejiklian said the state was âstill aimingâ to end the lockdown next week, but said that was âdependent on all of us doing the right thingâ after the state reported 38 new COVID-19 cases overnight.
The NSW Premier had previously said it was âabsolutelyâ the governmentâs intention to end the extended lockdown on July 16 at midnight.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian wonât commit to the scheduled July 16 lockdown end date.Â
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New South Wales has recorded 31 new local cases of COVID-19, 13 of which were infectious while out in the community.
Twenty-seven of the new cases uncovered in the 24 hours to 8pm Thursday are linked to previous infections, and 17 are household contacts.
Four of the new cases remain under investigation.
Only 11 of the 31 new cases were in isolation during their infectious period.
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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said she was relieved the case numbers were not higher, but stressed the next few days would be critical .
“This pretty much reflects the days just before, and the day when we went into lockdown,” she said.
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South Australia
Health officials announced South Australia s new cases at a press conference on Wednesday. They mark the first locally acquired infections in the state since November 2020.
They confirmed a man and four of his five household contacts fallen ill while isolating in Adelaide, having travelled there from the Northern Territory. The man had visited the Tamari mine, where community COVID-19 cases had been detected.
Adelaide will not go into lockdown, however, as the man has not been travelling around town while infectious. If we had information this person had been out and about in broader community, had visited dozens of additional exposure sites, I don t think there would have been any other choice, because we just know how transmissible this disease is.