Sydney s Covid crisis is now the problem of 80 per cent of New South Wales, with about 6.6 million people living under harsh lockdown as police given new power to crack down on the Harbour City.
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NSW residents could face an even longer wait for freedom after Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant revealed she would prefer to see a vaccine rate of 70 per cent before cutting restrictions.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian dismissed suggestions of curfews or a “ring of steel” around Sydney, arguing that strategies that may have worked in the past are not going to have an effect on the more contagious Delta strain.