On Wednesday, New Zealand had 63 new registered corona infections. The highest since the peak of infection in March / April 2020. The country now has a total of 210 cases of infection. 12 people have been hospitalized with the virus.
New Zealand has a strategy to eliminate the virus from society.
May have to take action
Mocked
It is a strategy that has been criticized and ridiculed in other parts of the world.
The English newspaper The Times has written in a commentary that “New Zealanders live in a covid prison, while the rest of us are free”.
Several have questioned whether the country should change strategy with a new wave of infections underway.
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– Too early
– To New Zealanders who sit at home and wonder if this is the right strategy: It is too early to throw in the towel, says the country’s corona boss Chris Hipkins to The Guardian.
– We have come so far, it would have been completely wasted. We still want to get rid of this virus, and get society back to normal.
Fear “insanely tough” autumn
While several other countries have opened up despite increasing infection in society, New Zealand has closed down.
– We want to get to the point where closure is not the answer when there is an outbreak in society, but we are not there yet, and we will not give up until we get there, Hipkins explains.
Get vaccine doses
The coronation chief has stated that New Zealand, which has just under five million inhabitants, has reached 80,000 people who have received at least one vaccine dose. A figure that is far lower than most European countries.
The scenarios the Swedes fear
– While we vaccinate the population, the safest alternative is still to try to eliminate the virus from the population. There has been no debate or disagreement about it, said Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday, according to The Guardian.
On Friday, the government will provide an update on whether the closure will continue, or whether some cities will be relieved of the restrictions.
Among the inhabitants, on the other hand, the government has great support.
A survey from Spin Off which was published on Wednesday, shows that seven out of 10 support the elimination strategy. Another survey showed that 84 percent supported the decision to shut down the country when the outbreak came last week.
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