Auckland is back under COVID19 Level 3 restrictions
At noon Wednesday, Auckland re-entered Level 3 restrictions (and the rest of New Zealand into Level 2). This was because 4 new cases were confirmed. This might not sound like much but we had gone over 100 days with no cases except those intercepted at the border. New Zealand has been a fortress surrounded by COVID and it was inevitable that we would get cases evading the border measures.
The government has acted swiftly and reintroduced restrictions on movements for the next three days while they contact trace & test people who have come into contact with the new cluster. The 4 cases were in the same household, but as of today, we have 13 more new cases, all related to the original four. We still don't know where the original four got infected (they don't work in the border control facilities which is the obvious point of entry), so for now we wait. And once again, we work from home.
And after months of not needing the daily 1pm COVID19 media conferences, we started again today. The briefings are normally fronted by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern & Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield. They have been excellent, informative, forthright, sharing with the nation the latest status updates, new developments, in a transparent manner.
https://covid19.govt.nz/updates-and-resources/latest-updates/covid-19-media-conference-13-august/
Someone (and thank you whoever you are!) has made an IMDB entry for the 1pm daily uipdates. And the reviews are marvellous!
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12511606/reviews
(When we went down to Level 1, and life was effectively back to normal, we celebrated it. We revelled in being able to travel around the country without restrictions by taking holidays. There were no limits to crowd sizes, and tens of thousands of people went to sports games. But we also got complacent: the number of people presenting themselves for testing plummeted, and many stopped using the COVID tracer app to keep a record of their movements. How little it takes for that to change.)
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The government has acted swiftly and reintroduced restrictions on movements for the next three days while they contact trace & test people who have come into contact with the new cluster. The 4 cases were in the same household, but as of today, we have 13 more new cases, all related to the original four. We still don't know where the original four got infected (they don't work in the border control facilities which is the obvious point of entry), so for now we wait. And once again, we work from home.
And after months of not needing the daily 1pm COVID19 media conferences, we started again today. The briefings are normally fronted by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern & Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield. They have been excellent, informative, forthright, sharing with the nation the latest status updates, new developments, in a transparent manner.
https://covid19.govt.nz/updates-and-resources/latest-updates/covid-19-media-conference-13-august/
Someone (and thank you whoever you are!) has made an IMDB entry for the 1pm daily uipdates. And the reviews are marvellous!
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12511606/reviews
(When we went down to Level 1, and life was effectively back to normal, we celebrated it. We revelled in being able to travel around the country without restrictions by taking holidays. There were no limits to crowd sizes, and tens of thousands of people went to sports games. But we also got complacent: the number of people presenting themselves for testing plummeted, and many stopped using the COVID tracer app to keep a record of their movements. How little it takes for that to change.)
Please come comment at DW: http://soon-lee.dreamwidth.org/