He said NSW and Victoria were on a similar level with COVID-19 cases and vaccination rates, and it was time for some "unity" and "clarity". The NSW and Victorian peak business bodies are calling for open travel once both states achieve 80 per cent vaccination coverage, and for the roadmaps out of lockdown to be aligned.Īt 70 per cent, they want to see things freed up for border communities.īusiness NSW chief executive Daniel Hunter estimates the lockdowns have cost the economies a combined $2.5 billion a week, with many businesses now on the brink of collapse. It is estimated the lockdowns have cost the economies a combined $2.5 billion a week. The virus is still circulating in high numbers … We can all see the light at the end of the tunnel but we still have work to do and I ask everybody, especially in the local government areas of concern, to hold the line." Calls for NSW and Victoria to unite out of lockdown Even having 20 per cent of them not vaccinated is about 400,000 people," she said. "We have roughly 2.2 million people in those areas of concern. She urged residents in the hotspots, and across NSW, to "hold the line". The Premier, however, warned it was "too early and too risky" for a further easing of the stay-at-home orders. "The criteria for defining areas of concern needs to be revised, and suburbs with low case numbers or those with a significant decline in numbers need to be removed as an area of concern." "There's several suburbs now showing a significant reduction in COVID-19 numbers," Ms McKeown said. Penrith Mayor Karen McKeown said the decision was heartening but said more needed to be done, especially around how and when suburbs were identified as areas of concern. Premier Gladys Berejiklian lifted the curfew yesterday after the state hit the "incredible milestone" of having 80 per cent of the eligible adult population vaccinated with one dose. ![]() ![]() ( AAP: Dean Lewins)įrom last night, residents in the 12 local government areas of concern in south-west and Western Sydney were able to leave their homes for non-essential reasons between 9:00pm and 5:00am. The curfew in south-west and Western Sydney has been lifted.
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