NSW Premier wants to see the end of lockdowns as state records another 1485 cases

New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian has made a bold commitment, outlining what it would take to end lockdowns in the Australian state forever.

That’s despite NSW recording almost 1500 new Covid-19 infections yesterday.

The Premier said she was confident the state would hit a 70 per cent and then 80 per cent double dose vaccination rate by mid-October allowing fully vaccinated residents greater freedoms and the abolishing of lockdowns.

“I know I sound like a broken record, but with good reason, because when we get those vaccination rates life will look better and feel better,” she said.

“We certainly will not have to have a statewide lockdown ever again when we hit the 80 per cent double dose vaccination rates which is what we‘re looking forward to,” she said.

Her comments came as NSW recorded 1485 locally acquired cases and three deaths yesterday.

Currently, 75 per cent of the state has had one dose of a coronavirus vaccine and 53 per cent are fully vaccinated.

Yesterday, the Premier also warned that the number of cases was likely to peak over the next few weeks. There were seven deaths reported during the weekend taking the number of fatalities to 182.

In Victoria, the state recorded 183 locally transmitted cases of Covid during its latest reporting period.

It comes after a concerning report emerged detailing how bad the outbreak could get — with hundreds of daily cases forecast unless Covid regulations are followed.

There are now 1417 active cases of Covid in Victoria.

These figures follow 190 recorded on Saturday.

Of these cases, 103 are linked to current outbreaks but 87 were listed as mystery cases.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has pleaded with Victorians to go and get vaccinated now, otherwise, they may be stuck behind a queue of 12-year-olds.

“We will get to a point where everybody who can get vaccinated will have been offered the chance to do so, and we are not going to have a situation, well, at least not in Victoria, where we lock the whole place down to protect people who won’t protect themselves,” he said.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has started to slowly wind back her comments that she would not open her state until there are vaccines available for children under the age of 12.

Yesterday, she urged Queensland residents to get vaccinated but indicated that would occur in line with the national plan of 70 and 80 per cent double dosed.

Just days ago, the Queensland Premier was adamant that the Sunshine State would remain locked in until under 12s were vaccinated.

The only problem is an approved vaccine for under 12s doesn’t exist yet.