New Zealand becomes latest country to confirm Delta outbreak - CNN
WEBAug 17, 2021 · New Zealand’s first community Covid-19 case in six months is the Delta variant – and genome sequencing shows that it’s linked to the growing outbreak in neighboring Australia, Prime Minister...
New Zealand COVID-19 outbreak grows, strict lockdown extended
WEBAug 23, 2021 · The strict level 4 lockdown across New Zealand has been extended as the country's Delta outbreak climbs to more than 100 cases. Key points: All of New Zealand will remain under the strict alert level four lockdown until at least Friday. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said authorities needed more time …
Covid-19 Delta outbreak: Level 4 lockdown extended for New Zealand
WEBAug 23, 2021 · Covid-19 Delta outbreak: Level 4 lockdown extended for New Zealand. Cabinet has decided all of New Zealand will remain in level 4 for an additional four days, until 11.59pm 27 August; Auckland will remain in level 4 until 11.59pm 31 August. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says six days into the outbreak, the …
New Zealand: Delta strain like ‘a whole new virus’ as cases rise
WEBAug 24, 2021 · New Zealand has recorded 41 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of infections in the country to 148, the Director-General of Health Chief Ashley Bloomfield said as she declared that...
After its first suspected Delta variant community case, New Zealand ...
WEBAug 17, 2021 · The government warned last week New Zealanders should expect a swift and sharp response if a case of the Delta variant was detected in the community, because it’s so infectious and can spread...
New Zealand's Delta outbreak spreads outside Auckland
WEBWELLINGTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - New Zealand's Delta variant outbreak spread beyond the largest city of Auckland, prompting Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday to put additional regions into...
After its first suspected Delta variant community case, New Zealand ...
WEBAug 18, 2021 · New Zealanders are back in their bubbles after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a three day alert level 4 lockdown for the entire country, and a seven day period for Auckland, following the confirmation of a community case — most likely infected with the Delta variant. Photo by CDC on Unsplash. This …
An Impossible Task? New Zealand Tries to Eliminate Delta.
WEBSep 1, 2021 · New Zealand Tries to Eliminate Delta. The country is holding fast to a lockdown to contain an outbreak that began in mid-August. But it’s also acknowledging that lockdowns can’t go on forever.
WEBThe current Delta outbreak has, to a significant extent, exposed urgent issues with respect to New Zealand’s preparedness for reconnecting. It has also highlighted a degree of fragility around the License to Operate the goodwill and tolerance of the – general public to lockdowns and the closure of the borders is being challenged.
Delta outbreak tests New Zealand’s zero Covid strategy - CNN
WEBAug 28, 2021 · When New Zealand went into lockdown last week over a single Delta case, critics were quick to mock the country’s risk-averse approach.