NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro has confirmed to morning show Sunrise that the lockdown will not be ending on Friday as scheduled.
This is due to 112 new local COVID cases being recorded, with 46 out in the community for part or all of their infectious period.
Speaking to Sunrise on Tuesday, Barilaro said “I don’t think we’ve hit a peak yet” and that case numbers are “still rising”.
“There is no question that this has got out of control and what we’re now doing is fighting hard, working with our community to make sure we get on top of it so we can come out of lockdown sooner rather than later,” he told Natalie Barr.
“There is no question that this has got out of control”
NSW Deputy Premier @JohnBarilaroMP says COVID-19 case numbers in Sydney are “still rising” and confirms the city “won’t be coming out of lockdown at the end of the week.” pic.twitter.com/VDlKl86kgo
— Sunrise (@sunriseon7) July 12, 2021
“I expect today to be the same as yesterday,” he added.
“Therefore, the Premier touched on it yesterday, we won’t be coming out of lockdown at the end of the week.”
He also admitted that the lockdown should have been implemented earlier, saying that “hindsight is a beautiful thing”.
“If we got to rewrite history, of course you’d go down harder and earlier if you knew what was coming, but we didn’t know that.”
“We made those decisions with the advice we were given by health at the time, but what we have seen is there is mobility at the community, people are out and about, people aren’t adhering to the strict restrictions and that’s not not helping the cause.”
