New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian has said the Delta variant outbreak of the CCP virus in Sydney had become a “national emergency.” “There is no doubt that the numbers are not going in the direction we hoped they would at this stage, and it is fairly apparent we will nowhere close to zero come next Friday,” Berejiklian said. The state government had been advised by the NSW Chief Health Officer (CHO) Kerry Chant and her team of medical personnel that Sydney is in a serious situation, and it was right to declare a “national emergency,” Berejiklian added. This comes as the number of COVID-19 cases in Sydney rose again in the 24 hour period to 136, with one man dying from COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. Of the locally-acquired cases, 77 were linked to a known case or cluster. Sixty-five cases were household …