Huge lines for vaccinations show Sydney Covid outbreak could be good for ...

Thousands of Sydneysiders are flocking to vaccination centres as the city's Covid outbreak shocks them out of complacency.

Lines stretched around the block on Thursday as NSW reported another 11 new cases and sweeping restrictions took affect to tackle the outbreak.  

Residents will have to wear masks indoors and not see more than five mates at a time for the next six days - or longer if the cluster spreads and grows.

However, this temporary pain could be a net benefit to NSW and the whole country by shocking complacent Australians procrastinating their vaccinations.  

Australian National University professor Peter Collignon said the measures being taken by the NSW Government will see a spike in vaccinations.

'If more people get vaccinated, particularly those over 70, it's a good thing,' he told Daily Mail Australia.

'If we look in Victoria with two their separate outbreaks, it did increase vaccination markedly. I think it'll have the same effect in NSW.' 

Dr Collignon said though 'it's not the way' he'd be pushing vaccines, the move could prove to be a positive thing for Australia's battle with the virus.

'The benefits of the vaccine so far outweigh the other side,' he said.

'The perception of risk is out of proportion to the benefits. There's a one in two million chance you'll die as a result of the [AstraZeneca] vaccine from clots.'

He said the added motivation of having rights removed can often convince people who were on the fence about getting the jab.

'As soon as Covid spreads and it means restricting your life, that shows more people the benefits of the vaccine,' he said.  

Following Victoria's fourth lockdown, which began on May 28, vaccine rates in that state surged, according to the University of Melbourne. 

In the first week of lockdown the proportion of people vaccinated in the state jumped from 17.7

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