‘We know lockdowns work’: Dr Kerry Chant

New South Wales Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant says the state has to “hold its course” to curb the latest COVID outbreak after the lockdown was extended for another four weeks. “We know lockdowns work and we just have to hold our course,” Dr Chant said. She said the “tool” which will help the state manage the outbreak is vaccination and has urged the public to get the jab. “We also know that we have other tools that we haven’t had before, and those other tools are vaccination. “It is important that we use vaccine as a way to assist us, and it will be our future in terms of coming to terms with COVID. “We need to up our COVID vaccine coverage across all age groups.” New South Wales Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant says the state has to “hold its course” to curb the latest COVID outbreak after the lockdown was extended for another four weeks. “We know lockdowns work and we just have to hold our course,” Dr Chant said. She said the “tool” which will help the state manage the outbreak is vaccination and has urged the public to get the jab. “We also know that we have other tools that we haven’t had before, and those other tools are vaccination. “It is important that we use vaccine as a way to assist us, and it will be our future in terms of coming to terms with COVID. “We need to up our COVID vaccine coverage across all age groups.”

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