Covid19 Delta outbreak Caution urged as Auckland eyes alert level move virus spreads to

Covid-19 Delta outbreak: Caution urged as Auckland eyes alert level move; virus spreads to Ngāruawāhia

November 1, 2021 Auckland has decided to move to level 3 and step 2 from 11:59 pm next Tuesday. Waikato will be deregulated to step 2 from 11:59 pm tomorrow.

According to Jacinda Ardann, the latest modeling could reach 200 Kobid e-infected per day in November.

Today, the alert level of Auckland and Waikato has been reviewed at the Cabinet meeting, and both areas are considering breaking out of strict rockdown regulations.

Prime Minister Asan has avoided the Cabinet decision today about the alert level of Auckland and Waikato. However, at a press conference after the Cabinet meeting, the latest prediction model will be announced.

Mr. Asan said at the AM show that this month could reach 200 peaks a day.

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However, this was estimated to be peak as the vaccination rate improved.

Asked the Freedom Day, Asan said he needed to be vaccinated.

"People should not just sit and wait for the date."

Experts have warned the government to keep the number of patients a surge in regulations, and that hospitals could overflow with patients with Cobid disease.

Auckland and Waikato are in the wary level 3, step 1, in short, level 3 blockade, and some outdoor rally restrictions have been canceled.

Mr. Asan said that the Cabinet would consider "ste p-down" and the next step will consider opening retail.

"Basically, we will consider whether what is happening is predictable." She said that the number of cases has been quite predictable so far. In Auckland, it is really good in Auckland in terms of achieving the goal of vaccination 90 %.

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Asked, as asked if he would visit Auckland, he said that it would have to return to Wellington and isolate it, which would affect the government's Cobid.

"If you go to Auckland, you can't act for 5 days.

Looking back on the death of Ms. Catherine Tizard, she said that she was a wonderful woman in politics and leadership. "She was a fast rotation, wise, and a person who had his time and knowledge and shared with others."

Ngāruawāhia records first case

This morning, it was revealed that Cavid had spread to the small town of Waikato, the small town of Waikato.

Ngā-Miro Health Centre confirmed the case on social media last night. A testing site has been set up at the Ngāruawahia Panthers Rugby League ground on Whatawhata Ave, Ngāruawahia, and will open at 10am today.

"If you haven't been vaccinated yet, we encourage you to get tested and vaccinated.

"We also encourage people to limit their movements and stay home to prevent the spread of infection in our community. If you need to leave your home, please be vigilant and wear a mask."

Locations of interest will be announced in the coming days. The person was a contact of the Hamilton case.

Record case numbers

The decision to lift restrictions today comes on the back of high community case numbers over the weekend, including a new one-day record of 160 cases reported on Saturday.

A further 143 new cases were reported on Sunday, bringing the weekend total to 303.

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Te Pūnaha Matatini modeller Sean Hendy cautioned that the current virus reproduction rate ("R rate") is still above 1, meaning the outbreak is continuing to grow.

"We're going to continue to see cases rise despite the increased vaccination numbers," Hendy said.

"Indeed, the government's approach is to trade the gains from vaccination for relaxed regulations.

"This trade-off won't last long until we start to see strain on the hospital system and need to triage cases."

On TVNZ's Breakfast program, Hendy said community cases will continue to rise for another "two or three weeks."

"That's quite concerning. If we get 200 to 300 cases, that would put a lot of strain on Auckland's health system," Hendy said.

When asked about the possibility of Auckland moving from its current alert level 3 to phase 1, Hendy said, "Until we see those numbers start to come down, we won't feel at ease." Introducing a circuit breaker at this stage would significantly reduce the number of outstanding cases in the local population.

Auckland is set to achieve a 90% first dose rate soon, which will go a long way to getting things under control.

Hensey acknowledged that Christchurch's Covid situation appears to be under control at this stage.

But health authorities need to be vigilant about where other potential Christchurch cases may still be, as a person who was in the Garden City tested positive on arrival in Tonga.

Epidemiologist Michael Baker said he wasn't surprised by the high number of cases.

"With the current constraints, it's an exponential increase (in cases) but fortunately a very shallow curve," Baker said, warning that "it's hard to see any justification for lowering the alert level in Auckland."

Baker said the question now is whether the growing number of cases is straining the hospital system.

Auckland business group Heart of the City said it was on track to "save $1 billion in consumer spending (compared to 2019)" before vaccination levels were high enough to move to the new traffic light system.

CEO Viv Beck said there was "growing desperation and calls to ensure vaccinated people can earn a living before it's too late."

On Sunday, National stepped up its criticism of the government's response to the outbreak, saying it wanted a full royal commission of inquiry into the government's preparations for the Delta outbreak.

Leader Judith Collins said the government had not anticipated Delta and left residents vulnerable.

"Less than 20% of the population had been fully vaccinated when Delta hit," she said.

It's clear the government was "all in" on the elimination strategy and assumed it would defeat Delta.

"While other countries were vaccinating as quickly as they could and investing in contact tracing, rolling out saliva testing and using rapid antigen tests, New Zealand followed the same playbook that worked for them in 2020," Collins said.

Judith Collins spent the weekend in Auckland visiting vaccinators. Photo / Sylvie Whinray

The government is also raising questions about two Covid-positive people who escaped from a Jet Park quarantine facility on Saturday and were still not found last night.

Auckland remains the epicentre of the outbreak, while Waikato reported 13 cases over the weekend and Northland three.

Of the cases reported in the past two weeks, 384 cases have not yet been associated, indicating that infections in the local community are spreading.

On Sunday, Cobid was detected by waste water in Huntory, Waikato. Currently, no infected person has been confirmed in the area, suggesting that it is an unknown outbreak.

As of the day, 56 people have been hospitalized on COVID-19 and have increased from 47 people the day before.

On the other hand, Henderson's care home, Edmonton Medows, has eight residents and one staff positive, and the authorities are checking the source of infection. Two of the residents were moved to the hospital for treatment.

In vaccination, there were even brighter news. About 82, 000 vaccination was reported on Saturdays and Sundays (including vaccination held on Friday and Saturday).

Nearly 10, 000 of them are the first vaccination, boosting the complete vaccination to 90 % of the target of DHB's target.

As of Sunday, four DHBs, Waitemata, Auckland, Capital & Coast, and Cantabellia, were inoculated at least once to 90 % of the target population. The remaining 16 are late.

Auckland shook this weekend with a larg e-scale roc k-down opposition demonstration. Photo / Phibbs

The slowest were Thai Lawiti, which was inoculated only 78 % of the vaccination population, and 79 % Northland.

At the current pace, it will still take at least two months for the government to achieve the goal of vaccinating 90 % of people on all DHB.

If this goal is achieved, the whole country will be shifted to a government new transportation signal Cobid system.

However, Auckland is expected to shift earlier, and experts predicted that all three DHBs in the area will reach a double vaccine ratio of 90 % by early December. The most delayed Countice Manukau has only 89 % of initial vaccination, leaving just over 5, 000 in vaccination until 90 %.

The government will confirm the progress of all DHBs on November 29 for 90 % goals.

It is unknown what the government will do that day if many DHBs have not yet reached 90 %. < SPAN> Of the cases reported in the past two weeks, 384 cases have not yet been associated, indicating that infections in the local community are spreading.

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On Sunday, Cobid was detected by waste water in Huntory, Waikato. Currently, no infected person has been confirmed in the area, suggesting that it is an unknown outbreak.

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As of the day, 56 people have been hospitalized on COVID-19 and have increased from 47 people the day before.

In vaccination, there were even brighter news. About 82, 000 vaccination was reported on Saturdays and Sundays (including vaccination held on Friday and Saturday).

Nearly 10, 000 of them are the first vaccination, boosting the complete vaccination to 90 % of the target of DHB's target.

As of Sunday, four DHBs, Waitemata, Auckland, Capital & Coast, and Cantabellia, were inoculated at least once to 90 % of the target population. The remaining 16 are late.

Auckland shook this weekend with a larg e-scale roc k-down opposition demonstration. Photo / PHIBBS

The slowest were Thailwitity, which was inoculated only in vaccination, and 79 % Northland.

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At the current pace, it will still take at least two months for the government to achieve the goal of vaccinating 90 % of people on all DHB.

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If this goal is achieved, the whole country will be shifted to a government new transportation signal Cobid system.

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The government will confirm the progress of all DHBs on November 29 for 90 % goals.

It is unknown what the government will do that day if many DHBs have not yet reached 90 %. Of the cases reported in the past two weeks, 384 cases have not yet been associated, indicating that infections in the local community are spreading.

On Sunday, Cobid was detected by waste water in Huntory, Waikato. Currently, no infected person has been confirmed in the area, suggesting that it is an unknown outbreak.

As of the day, 56 people have been hospitalized on COVID-19 and have increased from 47 people the day before.

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In vaccination, there were even brighter news. About 82, 000 vaccination was reported on Saturdays and Sundays (including vaccination held on Friday and Saturday).

Nearly 10, 000 of them are the first vaccination, boosting the complete vaccination to 90 % of the target of DHB's target.

As of Sunday, four DHBs, Waitemata, Auckland, Capital & Coast, and Cantabellia, were inoculated at least once to 90 % of the target population. The remaining 16 are late.

Auckland shook this weekend with a larg e-scale roc k-down opposition demonstration. Photo / PHIBBS

The slowest were Thailwitity, which was inoculated only in vaccination, and 79 % Northland.

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At the current pace, it will still take at least two months for the government to achieve the goal of vaccinating 90 % of people on all DHB.

If this goal is achieved, the whole country will be shifted to a government new transportation signal Cobid system.

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The government will confirm the progress of all DHBs on November 29 for 90 % goals.

It is unknown what the government will do that day if many DHBs have not yet reached 90 %.

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New Zealand has seven new Covid-19 cases, all linked to clusters in the Auckland area.

Jacinda Ardern defended the extension of level 3 restrictions in Auckland, saying the tail of the community cluster will be long-lasting.

National Party leader Judith Collins called for the wage subsidy to be extended through the weekend.

The Health Minister wants 70, 000 people to be tested for the virus this week as part of an "aggressive targeted" approach.

The accommodation of certain patients in two mental health wards breached the UN Convention against Torture and Degrading Treatment, according to the Chief Ombudsman.

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Jetstar announced it would suspend operations in New Zealand until at least September 6 due to level 2 restrictions.

The Entertainment Venues Association warned that ongoing mass gathering restrictions and changes to alert levels would result in venues being closed.

A man in his 30s showed up to hospital with symptoms on Friday. He's now in the ICU, but no one knows yet how he contracted the virus, political editor Justin Giovannetti wrote in The Spinoff.

Auckland has seen a flurry of daily headlines as Covid-19 cases top 110, a sign that the growing outbreak in New Zealand's largest city has not yet been fully contained.

TVNZ posted a net loss of $25. 8 million for the year to June 30. Although Covid-19 and the forced relocation of TVNZ headquarters following the SkyCity convention centre fire were factors, the bulk of the loss was due to TVNZ's recent company-wide restructuring to focus on more online and more local content. Chief executive Kevin Kenrick last year predicted a large loss for the 2020 financial year, but his forecast of $17. 1 million was about $8. 5 million less than the actual result.

According to a report published by Peter Bossier Ombudsman today, the two psychiatric wards violate the Convention on Torture, other cruel, inhumane or imprinting or punishment. These two wards are TE WHARE O MATAIRANGI's TE WHARE MATAIRANGI Psychiatric Hospital Ward and WaiaTarau Psychiatric Health Hospital ward in Auckland's Waitake Hospital.

The Whare O Matairangi ward at Wellington Hospital has been using the isolation room as a bedroom when the capacity has been over, despite the warning of Ombudsman three years ago.

"These rooms have only mattresses, and are used as shor t-term measures for patients who have been evaluated as imminent and secure risk.

The Wire Tarau Health Health Hospitalization building at Witakere Hospital used the intensive care room (ICU) as a lon g-term detention facility for patients. Bossija said that the patient would be "despair, frustrated, and anger to escalate" by being accommodated in the ICU for a long time.

A total of five psychiatric acupuncture wards have been inspected, and many common problems have been found, such as overcrowding, unjustly restricted methods, low staffing, and lack of privacy for patients using toilets.

However, the relationship between the staff and the residents was generally good, and the residents generally received sufficient activities and medical services. Bossier said that most units were encouraged to meet relatives, which are important aspects of treatment and recovery.

Act party leaders criticized the government's Covid-19 Tracer app.

"David Seymour asked me today, but I asked the Minister of Health about how many people were tracked in the app, but he recorded how the public was identified. I couldn't answer.

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"It is deeply concerned that the effectiveness of the app that finds close contacters is not measured." < SPAN> According to a report published by Chief Peter Bossier Ombudsman today, the two mental health wards violate the UN torture, other cruel, inhuman treatment, or punishments for penalties. be. These two wards are TE WHARE O MATAIRANGI's TE WHARE MATAIRANGI Psychiatric Hospital Ward and WaiaTarau Psychiatric Health Hospital ward in Auckland's Waitake Hospital.

The Whare O Matairangi ward at Wellington Hospital has been using the isolation room as a bedroom when the capacity has been over, despite the warning of Ombudsman three years ago.

"These rooms have only mattresses, and are used as shor t-term measures for patients who have been evaluated as imminent and secure risk.

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Act party leaders criticized the government's Covid-19 Tracer app.

"David Seymour asked me today, but I asked the Minister of Health about how many people were tracked in the app, but he recorded how the public was identified. I couldn't answer.

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"It is deeply concerned that the effectiveness of the app that finds close contacters is not measured." According to a report published by Peter Bossier Ombudsman today, the two psychiatric wards violate the Convention on Torture, other cruel, inhumane or imprinting or punishment. These two wards are TE WHARE O MATAIRANGI's TE WHARE MATAIRANGI Psychiatric Hospital Ward and WaiaTarau Psychiatric Health Hospital ward in Auckland's Waitake Hospital.

The Whare O Matairangi ward at Wellington Hospital has been using the isolation room as a bedroom when the capacity has been over, despite the warning of Ombudsman three years ago.

"These rooms have only mattresses, and are used as shor t-term measures for patients who have been evaluated as imminent and secure risk.

However, the relationship between the staff and the residents was generally good, and the residents generally received sufficient activities and medical services. Bossie also said that most units are encouraged to meet relatives, which are important aspects of treatment and recovery.

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"David Seymour asked me today, but I asked the Minister of Health about how many people were tracked in the app, but he recorded how the public was identified. I couldn't answer.

"It is deeply concerned that the effectiveness of the app that finds close contacters is not measured."

Chris Hipkins told media today that over 1. 8 million people have now signed up to the Covid Tracer app, which represents almost 45% of the population over 15 years of age.

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However, Seymour said the government has "failed" at contact tracing, claiming that only a "small percentage" of people are using the app.

"The Health Minister cannot say whether the government's Covid-19 app has worked for contact tracing.

"Contact tracing should have been the government's top priority since the national lockdown ended. Instead, the government has spent over 100 days running a victory lap. It was only last week that businesses were asked for QR codes."

The Covid-19 outbreak in the Australian state of Victoria shows no signs of abating, with 148 new cases recorded today. Eight more deaths have been announced by the state's health department.

A total of 438 people have died from coronavirus in Victoria alone. Yesterday's new cases were 116, the lowest in seven weeks.

Second day of sentencing for the man accused of killing 51 worshippers in Christchurch on March 15, 2019. The sentencing in the Christchurch High Court is expected to continue until at least Thursday.

New Shab reports that Muslim victims speak of the strength and resilience of their community in the face of terror. One woman said that when the convicted Australian national entered Al Noor Mosque, worshippers greeted him with "Hello, brother."

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Another woman told the court: "I think the killer) has broken, shattered, weakened us. He barely knows. He made us proud and fearless."

The Herald reports the story of Sanjida Neha, whose husband was killed on March 15. She told the court: "Emotionally I look at my baby and there are two things I feel. I want to cry and think, why did Allah take this child away, have we done something wrong that we should be punished for?"

New Zealand has seven new cases of Covid-19, all in Auckland. Ashley Bloomfield says two are linked to the church and two are household infections. It is not yet clear whether there are any links to the remaining three cases.

New Zealand now has 1, 339 confirmed cases of the virus. One previously reported case is now considered to have recovered, leaving the number of active cases at 129 (19 of which are imported). The source of this cluster has yet to be confirmed. Bloomfield said ESR is continuing to test further samples from previous cases in managed isolation facilities. "My hope is that these samples will tell us how this virus manifested in the community.

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Eight people are currently receiving hospital care: two in Auckland City Hospital, two in North Shore Hospital (one in ICU), and four in Middlemore Hospital, two of which are in a critical condition in ICU. One person in Auckland City Hospital has been discharged to Jet Park. One person is in Waikato Hospital, but not directly due to Covid-19, Bloomfield said.

Genome sequencing has confirmed that one person in the North Shore ICU is linked to the local cluster, but it is still unclear how this person became infected, Bloomfield said.

160 people have been moved to the Jet Park quarantine facility, consisting of 89 people who tested positive and their household members.

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Aiming to test 70, 000 people next week

Health Minister Chris Hipkins said he plans to test 70, 000 people for Covid-19 over the next week. I am grateful to our health care workers for their continued work in carrying out so many tests since the re-emergence of the virus. In Auckland, more than 100, 000 people have been tested for Covid-19 since the level 3 lockdown was implemented two weeks ago.

4, 434 tests were processed yesterday, bringing the total to 701, 504 to date. More than 1. 8 million people are now registered with the Covid Tracer app, almost 45% of the population aged 15 and over.

Today, Hipkins announced plans to further increase testing. This will include testing asymptomatic people in targeted groups, in addition to other tests for symptomatic people, border workers and returning residents. Hipkins said the government is moving to a "more aggressive targeted approach".

Auckland has 7, 000 cases a day, and 3000 in other areas, with 70 % of all tests. According to Hypkins, an inspection will be conducted, especially in the southern Auckland community. Regional DHB will add at least six mobile inspection units and po p-ups. After working for a couple of days at a time, he moved to another area and focused on improving the access of Maori and Pacific Cak Community. Ranui, Glenness, Manulewa, etc. are scheduled.

Hypkins said that there were signs of test fatigue among the general public. "Don't relax. We need to keep trying to inspect, and we need all New Zealanders in that process."

On Thursday, Hipkins will announce how the rules that have been mandatory to wear on public transportation work. At this stage, school masking is not planned. According to Hypkins, there is a possibility that advice will change, but there seems to be no reason to force masks in school at this stage.

At this stage, Hipkins said that no company was penalized for not displaying the current required QR code. Hypkins said that the government would like to take an "encouraging" approach to people and to cooperate constructively to understand why companies do not display code.

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Mr. Peters agrees with the KMT and seeks to revive the special health committee

The New Zealand First Party acknowledged the coincidence with the KMT. Winston Peters has announced that the New Zealand's first party agrees to resume the resumption of Dr. Shane Leti's special health committee in response to yesterday's government's vigilance level.

"The decision to postpone the general election and r e-invocator to the lower house will strengthen the government's commitment to pursue administrative responsibilities.

"Therefore, it is logical that the special health committee will be held to hear the advice of the Health Bureau and other hig h-ranking officials on the Cabinet decision on August 24.

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"Given the impact of the Cabinet decision on the economy and health, it is appropriate to fulfill its accountability while the Diet is open," Peter said.

Chris Hipkins said to the media today that the return of the Special Committee has not been discussed so far, and that "the special committee will ultimately decide."

Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield will hold a media briefing on the new cases of Covid-19 at 1pm today. Bloomfield will be joined by Minister for Health Chris Hipkins.

There are now 123 cases of the virus in New Zealand, with nine new cases announced yesterday. Auckland has 101 confirmed cases, the highest number of cases since the virus arrived in New Zealand.

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