New Zealand shields itself and returns to “red” stage of its COVID traffic light due to the outbreak of nine cases of the omicron variant detected after a wedding.
From this wedding has not come another, as the saying goes, but rather the opposite. And it is that the prime minister of the country, Jacinda Ardern, you had to defer your link due to this scenario.
“my wedding will not take place“, she told a news conference, adding: “I am no different from thousands of other New Zealanders who have had far more devastating impacts from the pandemic, the most disheartening of which is not being able to be with a loved one when they are sick. That far outweighs the sadness I feel.”
94% of New Zealanders over the age of 12 have received two doses of the vaccine, While 56% has received one booster dose. In addition, they will keep their borders closed to foreign travelers until April 2022.
Other measures include reinforcements in the health system, as well as the use of masks And in the social gatherings. The total cases in the country since the pandemic began has been 15,550, lamenting 52 deaths, a model contrary to one Ireland that this Sunday eliminates all its restrictions with more than 6,500 infections in the last 24 hours.
The use of the mask will only continue to be mandatory in closed spaces such as shops, schools and public transport, a measure that also has an expiration date: February 28.
In countries like Germany and Belgium demonstrations follow one another so that the restrictions come to an end. In U.S, on the other hand, 38,000 people have died since the beginning of the year, a high mortality that is explained by the low vaccination rate, (the population with the complete guideline barely exceeds 60%).
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