The so-called “red setting” of the country’s pandemic response includes heightened measures such as required mask wearing and limits on gatherings, and the restrictions will go into effect on Monday.
Ardern stressed that “red is not lockdown,” noting that businesses can remain open and people can still visit family and friends and move freely around the country. “Our plan for managing omicron cases in the early stage remains the same as delta, where we will rapidly test, contact trace and isolate cases and contacts in order to slow the spread,” Ardern told reporters in Wellington on Sunday.
New Zealand had been among the few remaining countries to have avoided any outbreaks of the omicron variant, but Ardern acknowledged last week that an outbreak was inevitable given the high transmissibility of the variant.The country has managed to contain the spread of the delta variant, with an average of about 20 new cases each day. But it has seen an increasing number of people arriving into the country and going into mandatory quarantine who are infected with omicron.
Good for New Zeland!! They know how to nip things in the bud. They have NO crazytown MAGATS there.
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someone lied to immigration ... well, it seems more like a family conspiracy to lie .. they should be charged as they must have known
It's like watching children building sand castles to stop the incoming tide, constantly scratching their heads and refusing to accept the futility of what they're doing
New Zealand government should take immediate effective measures to stop the spread of Omicron from the single family attending a wedding. By suspending travel to and from the country by any means. Except emergency Cargo. Radiation. Professor Isagholian, virology, immunology
For god sake is this a woman!!!!?
the Red Wedding
Flatten the curve
What a joke. Next thing will be the common cold
Do they know the old police joke?Hungary in the 70's.The policeman pushes the car into the gas station by hand.He tells the gas station man shows empty pockets 10 l oil 20l of petrol.The wellman asks he waves his hand in front of his head window washing won't it?
In the beginning, if every nation took the same stance as NZ to stop the spread of this virus this would have been already over. The failure is ours to own.
doubling down...what the left always does
PM Ardern postpones wedding due to new restrictions amid Omicron.
Locking down for a cold 🥶
2 years to slow the spread
'required mask wearing and limits on gatherings' look around the world New Zealand - that won't do anything. Gov't can't control a virus.
She did a fine job of leadership in the beginning but as more information became available, she never adjusted her approach.
Oh Lord
Theyre insane
New Zealand should not worry about the surge in Omicron infections. It is an immunity booster against other variants.
It’s not the cases that we know about but those right now that we don’t.
*NINE* ***NINE*** CASES 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Wait, I thought they quashed COVID in 2020, what happened?
NZ PM Jacinda postponed her wedding because of omicron cases
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