- As Delta Air Lines continues to spread, New Zealand has extended its strict lockdown measures for another four days.
- The country was locked down after a case that officials believed to be Delta Air Lines was discovered on August 17.
- Now, the outbreak has caused 347 cases.
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New Zealand extended It’s strictly locked For one the second time Try to eliminate A highly contagious variant of Delta.
The country was locked down on August 17 after detecting a Covid-19 case, which officials believe was caused by the Delta variant.
Officials have extended the blockade for four days on Monday -On Friday, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Said in the briefing For most parts of the country, the lockdown will continue for another four days until August 31.
Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city and the epicenter of the outbreak, will “probably” be in the country’s strictest level 4 lockdown for at least another two weeks. The health official said.
“Our most effective tool is Level 4,” Ardern said.
Since the outbreak of this outbreak, New Zealand has recorded 347 cases, of which 333 were in Auckland.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, it has recorded a total of 3,228 cases and 26 deaths. According to Johns Hopkins University.
On Friday, the country recorded 70 new infections, all in Auckland. According to official data, This is a slight increase from the 68 daily new cases on Thursday.
Ardern said the number of cases may begin to “level out.”
She said: “Our job is to continue to work hard to bend and then flatten this curve.”
“We have evidence that what we are doing is effective, but we still need to be cautious,” she said.
Ardern said there are 19 Covid-19 patients hospitalized in New Zealand. She said that one person in the intensive care unit was in a “steady state.”
Arden Said in the briefing On Wednesday, the country will stick to its “elimination” strategy to address the Delta variant, which has mutations that help it avoid an immune response.
She said: “Elimination means continuing to eradicate the new coronavirus where it appears,” she added, adding that the country wants people to be vaccinated to provide their own “personal armor.”
“For now, although we are vaccinated, our goal is to eliminate, and we can do it,” she said.
The country has stepped up its vaccination efforts, vaccinating less than 2% of the population with Covid-19 in a single day on Friday, the largest day during the pandemic. The official said.
So far, New Zealand has vaccinated 21.3% of the population. According to Johns Hopkins University. The world average is about 25%, According to our data world at Oxford University.
