Ms Berejiklian said an extra seven days were being added to the Greater Sydney lockdown.
"The NSW government, based on the health advice, which is our key indicator, made the difficult decision to announce the extension of the lockdown and the existing restrictions in the regions for one week further until Friday midnight, 16 July.
"Now the reason for this is as we've been saying, this Delta strain is a game changer.
"It is extremely transmissible and more contagious than any other virus — form of the virus that we've seen.
"The reason why the NSW government has taken this position is because we don't want to be in a situation where we are constantly having to move between lockdown, no lockdown, lockdown, no lockdown.
"What we want to do is give us our best chance of making sure this is the only lockdown we have until the vast majority of our citizens are vaccinated.
"We know the vaccine is the key to our freedom.
"The vaccine is key to saving lives and keeping the economy open.
"We appreciate and understand the stress this means for individuals, for families and, of course, for businesses.
"But what would be far worse is being in a situation where you have to live in and out of lockdown until that period of time when we have the vaccine available to us.
"That is not a way to live and we want to give our citizens the best chance of staying safe and healthy but also making sure our businesses survive and thrive moving forward until that vaccination period is upon us.
"That is the context why we made this decision.
"Every time we make a decision in the pandemic it is twofold.
"It is yes, to keep our citizens safe and healthy but it is also to give our businesses the best opportunities moving forward and we know what businesses need is certainty and what they don't want is a prospect or a future where we are are constantly moving in and out of lockdown.
"That is the context for the difficult decision we made."
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