Rogue protester makes a bizarre Nazi reference seconds before the NSW police commissioner's Covid update - and the top cop is less than impressed
A rogue protester gatecrashed the NSW Covid press conference on Saturday morning to yell out a bizarre reference to WWII.
The unidentified man cried out 'Nuremberg 2.0' seconds before NSW police commissioner Mick Fuller spoke to the waiting pack of journalists.
Mr Fuller was visibly unimpressed by the interruption, glaring at the anonymous protester before speaking about the fines residents would now be subject to under the harsher Greater Sydney lockdown.
The term Nuremberg is infamous for a series of war trials held in Germany between 1945 and 1946, soon after the end of World War Two.
The trials resulted in a number of former Nazi leaders being indicted and tried as war criminals by the International Military Tribunal.
Sydney residents can expect even tougher restrictions and bigger fines after 466 new cases on Saturday (pictured, people exercising on the Bay Run in Sydney's inner-west)
The protester's phrase refers to an online conspiracy theory perpetuating Covid-19 is a hoax and all individuals and organisations involved in managing the pandemic - including governments - will one day be held accountable for their 'crimes against humanity'.
According to the ABC, google trends even show an increase in searches for the Nuremberg trials and 'Nuremberg trials 2021'.
Among many misleading and false claims attributed to German-American lawyer Dr Reiner Fuellmich are suggestions that Covid-19 vaccines are 'in violation of all 10 of the Nuremberg Codes'.
The Nuremberg Code was a set of 10 principles developed in 1947 following the trials of Nazi doctors accused of running inhumane, and often deadly, experiments on concentration camp prisoners without their consent, according to Full Fact.
The first principle of the Code states that 'voluntary consent is essential'.
Conspiracy theorists hold the incorrect view that Covid vaccines are 'experimental', and that individuals are being coerced against their will into having the jab.
Full Fact stated the Nuremberg Code would 'only be relevant at the research trial stage of a vaccine's development, not its rollout to the general public'.
On Saturday, NSW recorded a staggering 466 new Covid cases, forcing the government to dramatically increase fines, slash the exercise radius in Sydney and call in more troops for suburban streets.
Ms Berejiklian said the numbers came from 130,000 tests and made Saturday 'the worst day for Sydney' in the pandemic - as the state fights a losing battle to contain the Indian delta strain despite seven weeks of lockdown.
There are 345 infections still under investigation, with the potential for 390 residents to have been infectious while in the community.
There were also four deaths confirmed overnight, including a man in his 70s, a man in his 80s, a woman in her 40s and a woman in her 70s. The woman in her 40s was in palliative care and unvaccinated.
'It's our worst day ever. We are in a really, extremely concerning situation,' Ms Berejiklian said.
From Monday, NSW police can issue fines of fines of $5,000 for those found breaching public health orders
'This is the worst situation NSW has been in since day one, and as a consequence of that, the worst situation Australia has been in.
'We will get through this. But September and October will be very difficult.'
From Monday, residents living in Greater Sydney will need a permit to leave the region - and anyone found breaching public health orders will be be fined $5,000 - instead of the $1,000 previously handed out.
Restrictions still apply to those living in the 12 LGAs of concern - which include Bayside, Blacktown, Burwood, Campbelltown, Canterbury-Bankstown, Cumberland, Fairfield, Georges River, Liverpool, Parramatta, Strathfield, and parts of Penrith.
So far, just 24.4 per cent of people in NSW are fully vaccinated and close to three million people still need to get a second Covid vaccine shot for 70 per cent of the population, aged 16 and over, to be properly protected.
GREATER SYDNEY NEW RESTRICTIONS AND FINES - FROM SATURDAY AUGUST 14
* Residents living in Greater Sydney must be given a permit to leave the region
* Travel radius for residents of Greater Sydney reduced from 10km to 5km
* Residents are also unable to visit their second homes except for under special circumstances
* $5,000 fines for breaching quarantine, lying on a permit or contact tracing
* $3,000 fines for breaching two-person exercise limit and wrongfully entering regional NSW
* Those who are eligible for the singles bubble in 12 LGAs of concern must register their companion online
* These LGAs are Bayside, Blacktown, Burwood, Campbelltown, Canterbury-Bankstown, Cumberland, Fairfield, Georges River, Liverpool, Parramatta, Strathfield, and parts of Penrith
* $320 payment plan for those having to isolate while awaiting test results and are unable to work will also be set up