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Carl D wrote on Jul 9^th, 2021 at 10:43am:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-09/nsw-covid-44-locally-transmitted-cases-ju...









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NSW recorded 44 locally acquired COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours to 8:00pm yesterday.

The source of nine of these remains under investigation.

Twenty-nine of the new cases were either fully or partially in the community while infectious.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian stressed the importance of strict lockdown measures to avoid deaths.

"This is the opposite of where we need or want the numbers to trend," she said.

"Do not think that the NSW Government thinks we can live with this when our rate of vaccination is only at 9 per cent."

Ms Berejiklian said several new social distancing restrictions will be introduced to combat the state’s COVID-19 outbreak.

From 5:00pm today in Greater Sydney, the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong and Shoalhaven:

    People will be able to exercise only in groups of two (or with their households)
    People may not exercise more than 10km from their homes

From Sunday, the number of mourners at funerals will be capped at 10.

Chief health officer Kerry Chant said this outbreak is now at it's "challenging" point.

"I know that this has been a long journey in the fight against COVID but we cannot stumble over this hurdle," she said.

"This is an incredibly challenging time and I want to stress I am incredibly concerned. I need all members of the community to
follow the public health advice."

Johnnie wrote on Jul 9^th, 2021 at 11:23am:



The unwashed and the unvaccinated.

food for thought


Israel has administered at least 10,882,624 doses of COVID vaccines so far. Assuming every person needs 2 doses, that’s enough to have vaccinated about 60.1% of the country’s population.

and

COVID-19 infections are increasing in Israel, with 395 new infections reported on average each day.

so 60 % is ineffective.

by my calculations NSW now faces a choice.

go the swedish route and tell people to man up and take some god dammed responsibility for themselves

or

stay in lockdown til christmas


erradication of the delta variant would now seem impossible.

https://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/asx-set-to-follow-us-stocks-lower-recove...


Updated July 9, 2021 — 12.16pmfirst published at 8.30am
Summary

    The ASX 200 slipped 1.5% on Friday, wiping $34 billion from the index. Energy stocks were offering some resistance, but tech stocks and the banks were hammered
    NSW has recorded 44 new cases of COVID, with a worrying 29 people infectious while in the community. Premier Gladys Berejiklian has tightened restrictions in Sydney
    US futures were in the red, with the E-mini for the S&P500, Dow, and Nasdaq each 0.4% lower and pointing to deepening losses on Wall Street tonight
    Energy firms rose on improved oil prices, buoyed by signs of stronger demand. WTI futures rallied following an Energy Information Administration report that showed crude oil commercial inventories fell last week

Karnal wrote on Jul 9^th, 2021 at 12:37pm:



Of course they are - need we even mention it?