Businesses are asking for a cash injection as Sydney’s lockdown is estimated to cost the economy $1 billion a week.

Gladys Berejiklian has foreshadowed a support package is on the horizon for businesses affected by Sydney’s lockdown.

Business NSW CEO Daniel Hunter told Ben Fordham businesses need a one-off cash injection.

“The key to that though is to get it out really quickly.

“There are businesses out there that are just hanging on by a thread and we need them to come back.”

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