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Sydney will receive another 200,000 doses of Pfizer as Gladys Berejiklian insists vaccination is the path out of lockdown - but Scott Morrison says the jab isn't the 'magic bullet'

Scott Morrison and NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian appear to be at odds over whether vaccines or lockdown will end Sydney's Covid outbreak sooner.

Ms Berejiklian stressed the importance of dramatically boosting vaccination, with 200,000 Pfizer shots rushed into the state in double time.

However, the prime minister yesterday there was 'no alternative to lockdown in NSW to get this under control' and vaccines wouldn't be fast enough. 

'There is no other magic bullet that is going to do that. There is no vaccine solution that will do that,' he said.

At yesterday's press conference in Canberra Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said there was no 'magic bullet' to end Sydney's lockdown restrictions, and that while vaccines could assist, there was no alternative to the effectiveness of the lockdown

At yesterday's press conference in Canberra Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said there was no 'magic bullet' to end Sydney's lockdown restrictions, and that while vaccines could assist, there was no alternative to the effectiveness of the lockdown

'The lockdown comes to an end by the lockdown effectively working. There's not an easy way to bring these cases down and it's the lockdown that does that work.

'The vaccines are going to provide some assistance but they're not what's going to end this lockdown.'

The PM's comments were in response to Ms Berejiklian's repeated calls for Pfizer doses to be moved to mass-vaccination hubs in western Sydney.

She said in Sunday's press conference that vaccinations were key to getting the outbreak under control and ending the lockdown.

On Monday morning, she clarified that though lockdown was essential, the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant in Sydney needed increased vaccination rates to be fully stopped.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian during the NSW daily Covid update, as NSW reported 145 new local cases. Ms Berejiklian had called for vaccination rates to lift to slow the spread of the Delta variant in Greater Sydney as the way out of lockdown

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian during the NSW daily Covid update, as NSW reported 145 new local cases. Ms Berejiklian had called for vaccination rates to lift to slow the spread of the Delta variant in Greater Sydney as the way out of lockdown

Lockdown restrictions continued in Greater Sydney: the CBD pictured on Monday morning

Lockdown restrictions continued in Greater Sydney: the CBD pictured on Monday morning

'The more people who've got at least one dose, the less likely they are to spread it to everybody in their area and their community,' she said on the Today show.

'With previous strains of the virus, you may have infected one or two people in your household. With this strain, everybody gets it.

'That's why we need to do a number of things. Yes of course, lockdown, restrictions, but also getting those vaccination rates up.'

Ms Berejiklian said the worry in Sydney was that unvaccinated people unaware they were contagious were spreading the virus further into Sydney, which one dose of vaccine would help combat.

'We know from the health experts' advice... that even one dose reduces how contagious you are,' she said.

The Prime Minister announced yesterday more emergency doses of Pfizer vaccine would be allocated to NSW, numbering 200,000 this month and 90,000 this week

The Prime Minister announced yesterday more emergency doses of Pfizer vaccine would be allocated to NSW, numbering 200,000 this month and 90,000 this week

The NSW Premier is worried unvaccinated people unaware they are contagious with the Delta variant are spreading the virus further in Sydney

The NSW Premier is worried unvaccinated people unaware they are contagious with the Delta variant are spreading the virus further in Sydney

Late last week the health department announced an emergency allocation of Pfizer vaccines to NSW would increase from 150,000 to 200,000 doses, to help deal with the Sydney outbreak.

On Monday Ms Berejiklian announced 145 new cases of community transmission in NSW, with 51 people infectious in the community.

NSW chief health officer Kerry Chant urged those over 60 to get an AstraZeneca vaccine as soon as possible.

Mr Morrison said yesterday NSW would receive an additional 90,000 Pfizer vaccines from this week, ramping up to 110,000 additional doses per week. 

The PM also announced $85 million worth of Pfizer vaccines had been secured for the next two years as booster jabs as Australia's vaccination program continued.  

The doses would number 60 million arriving in 2022 and another 25 million doses in 2023, in addition to the 40 million already due to arrive in Australia this year.   

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