Gladys Berejiklian scolds Kyle Sandilands for putting out the wrong message about COVID-19 

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has scolded Kyle Sandilands for underestimating the seriousness of the coronavirus pandemic.

During an interview on KIIS FM’s Kyle and Jackie O show on Thursday, Kyle, 49, said that he’d heard most COVID-19 cases are very mild and more people have died from the flu.

After the radio host argued his point, Gladys hit back, saying she doesn’t ‘like it when people give out the wrong statistics’ as the pandemic is very dangerous.

‘I’ve been reading all these reports and been all over this COVID thing since the start but I’ve heard that 99.5 per cent of cases worldwide are very mild and more people died of the flu last year than they are going to die of COVID-19 worldwide,’ Kyle said.

Ms Berejiklian argued: ‘Kyle I don’t like it when people give those statistics because it makes people think we can all became complaisant and this isn’t a serious disease that can cost thousands of lives here in Australia and that’s not the case.’

The premier went on to say coronavirus is very contagious and not only affects the most vulnerable but also young people.

‘The ones more likely getting the disease are the ones in their 20s because they are most likely to socialise and go out and mix with each other,’ she said.

‘What happens then is the ones vulnerable in their lives can get it and can die. Young people are also not immune from getting it serious and not dying themselves.’

She continued: ‘And what you don’t often hear about is even people recovering often have lifelong organ damage and lifelong chronic conditions.’

Ms Berejiklian also vowed to avoid locking down Sydney amid fears Victoria’s second outbreak is spreading north of the border.

On Wednesday, Victoria recorded 317 new cases of coronavirus, its worst daily figure ever.

Meanwhile, New South Wales has reported 13 new COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours to 8pm on Tuesday.