NSW unvaccinated could be denied freedoms at 80% target, premier says, as 1,257 Covid cases recorded

Gladys Berejiklian fronts press conference to announce seven further deaths despite saying daily event would be abandoned

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Unvaccinated people in New South Wales could be barred from locations and denied movement freedoms even after the state achieves 80% double dose vaccination, with the premier, Gladys Berejiklian, warning vaccine-hesitant residents they will not be able to let everybody else do the hard work and then turn up" for equal freedoms.

Berejiklian delivered the message when announcing 1,257 new cases and seven further deaths at a Covid update she held on Monday, despite insisting last week that the daily Covid press conference ritual would be abandoned from the beginning of this week.