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People in NSW are fuming after Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews strongly suggested a “ring of steel” be implemented to protect the rest of the country from Sydney’s outbreak of the highly contagious Delta strain.
“We need a ring of steel around Sydney so that the virus is not spreading into other parts of our nation,” Mr Andrews told reporters during Friday’s Victorian Covid-19 update.
“Let’s focus on fixing what is going on in Sydney, let’s focus on not spreading what is going on in Sydney across the rest of our country. We will finish up with a whole country locked down if we don’t do this properly,” he said.
He argued that because he established a “ring of steel around Melbourne” throughout the worst of the city’s outbreak, the NSW government should now be doing the same in Sydney.
While his comments earned praise from some Victorians, it has sparked outrage among those in Greater Sydney, where residents have been subject to a strict “stay at home” order for a month.
