Berejiklian pressed over lockdown end date

Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell has pressed Premier Gladys Berejiklian over the health advice she is receiving about the likelihood of Sydney reopening on July 30. “The people of New South Wales know that our government has access to the best health experts in our nation. Please know that we are never afraid to take those difficult decisions required to keep our community safe and that is our absolute priority," Ms Berejiklian said. "We rely on the best health advice available and the people of New South Wales know given our track record, that we are never afraid to take the difficult decisions to keep out community safe. “The best health advice we have and I will allow Dr Chant to expand on, that we need everybody to stay the course. The rules we have in place are there for a reason. We are highlighting that every day when we see particular trends in the community and the community is spending and I am deeply, deeply grateful for that. “What is interesting to note about Delta, Delta variant is different to anything we have seen and we know that had we let this virus rip, the case numbers and those infectious in the community would have increased. We are not seeing that trend. What we are seeing at the moment is the start of a stabilisation proceed. “Now, the case numbers themselves will keep bouncing around I am anticipating tomorrow as case numbers to be higher, perhaps much higher than what we have seen today because there were 28 people infectious in the community in the last 24 hours, but I want to send a strong message to the people of our state. “Please stick to the rules. Please stay the course. If we need to adjust those settings we will rely on the best health advice to do that.”

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