Premier Gladys Berejiklian warns there will be different rules for vaccinated and unvaccinated people once NSW opens up as the state records 1,257 new COVID-19 cases and seven deaths,
abc.net reports.
Ms Berejiklian said the government was still working on the plan for what would happen once NSW reached 80 per cent of residents being fully vaccinated.
But she said that going to shops and restaurants or travelling by air may only be available for those who could prove they were double jabbed.
"I don't want people to think they can sit back, let everybody else do the hard work and then turn up when it's 80 per cent and get everything else that vaccinated people are," she said.
"A private business might choose only to welcome patrons who are vaccinated.
"An airline might say you can only fly with us if you're vaccinated."
Ms Berejiklian appealed to people "not to let their guard down" despite the easing of some restrictions on Monday.
"It's way too early for any of us to get complacent and we are concerned that an unexpected event, a super spreader event can suddenly have a major setback," she said.
Ms Berejiklian said there had been a "slight slowdown" in vaccination rates.
The latest vaccination figures showed that 46.2 per cent of adults had received two doses and 78.5 per cent had their first dose.
Ms Berejiklian said there had been a stabilization of case numbers in some of the local government areas (LGAs) of concern but there was concern about an increase in cases in the inner city areas of Glebe and Redfern.
She said cases had also stabilized in some regional areas but case numbers were rising on the Central Coast and in Wollongong.
The Premier was asked about the timing of the lockdown and when she first got health advice about a party in West Hoxton being a super spreader event.
"Our public health officials are the best in the land and the fact that we managed to keep the virus as suppressed as we did especially around the 200 case mark.
"I look back now and think we did remarkably well to suppress the virus with a largely unvaccinated population."
