New Zealand’s South Island records first Covid cases in major city in over a year

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Experts called for stronger protections between North and South Islands after news that one case had recently arrived from Auckland

Epidemiologist and public health prof Michael Baker said there needed to be stronger protections at the boundaries of the North and South Islands. “We may be seeding the whole South Island with cases right at the moment, because we’ve got increasing transmission in Auckland, and still people flying from Auckland all around the country – and we’ve got limited controls on that,” he said. Baker called for pre-departure testing, and for vaccine requirements on domestic flights.

 

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Illuminating to see the heavy anti-NZ bot activity on this thread.

Fascinated to see what happens when someone tells them (in nz) that with the delta variant you can still catch, pass on and in some cases get quite ill with it - im not saying dont get vaccinated far from it but its not been the passport to complete protection from this illness

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