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IANS | 23 Jul, 2021
Authorities in New South Wales (NSW), Australia's most populous state,
on Friday declared the ongoing unabated Covid-19 outbreak as a national
emergency, calling for redirection of vaccine supplies.
After a
crisis cabinet meeting earlier in the day, NSW Premier Gladys
Berejiklian declared the national emergency based on advice from the
state's Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant, reports Xinhua news agency.
"Chant
and her team advised us that the situation that exists now in NSW,
namely around southwestern and now western Sydney suburbs, is regarded
as a national emergency," said Berejiklian.
Under the new
measures, Chant recommended redirecting national vaccine supplies to
essential workers at the epicentre of Sydney's outbreak and urged for a
prompt vaccines delivery and administering.
"My sense of urgency
is absolute urgency so I think we need to be seeing vaccines in arms on
Saturday, Sunday, Monday and we need to be ramping up to roll out
vaccines..." said Chant.
The state's announcement held
controversy as the proposed reallocation of vaccines would mean taking
Pfizer stockpiles away from other Australian states.
Berejiklian defended the proposed reallocation, saying, "This is not just a challenge for NSW but a challenge for the nation."
NSW recorded a new daily high of 136 fresh locally acquired cases from some 87,000 tests in the last 24 hours.
NSW
also recorded the death of an 89-year-old man on Thursday night,
bringing the state's death toll in the latest outbreak to six.
"I
just want to foreshadow that unfortunately, we're going to see more of
this (deaths) as the case numbers increase," said Berejiklian.
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