Sky News host James Morrow says "it has become apparent" NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has not only "lost control of this outbreak, but that she is losing control of her government".
"Premier Gladys Berejiklian has tightened the screws again today on millions of Sydneysiders because of 29 new coronavirus cases that were discovered to have spent some time infectious in the community," he said.
"While she hasn't yet gone the full Dan Andrews or started welding us into our homes Wuhan style – yet – it is increasingly apparent that not only has she lost control of this outbreak but that she is losing control of her government.
"We no longer have a public health system that is serving the people. Instead, we the people, are expected to serve unelected public health bureaucrats like Kerry Chant.
"This is a dictatorship of health that has been building in this country for years if not decades, and which has finally found its full expression in the pandemic."
Mr Morrow said the rest of the world was learning to live with the virus, but Australia was "still behaving like it was the 19th month of 2020".
"We have learned nothing about how to fight Covid, save for lockdowns and heavy-handed policing in a quest for zero cases that is doomed to fail," he said.