On Monday, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern indicated that her government would stick to its Covid elimination strategy as it faces its first local outbreak in 16 months.
that the nationwide level 4 lockdown—which was previously extended until August 24—will now remain in place at least until August 27.
Since the start of the current outbreak last week, which is the country’s first local outbreak in six months, New Zealand hasDespite the outbreak being driven by the more infectious delta variant, Ardern insisted that New Zealand will stick to a Covid elimination strategy—which aims to ensure zero local transmission—as the “” strategy adopted by the government at the start of the pandemic has helped prevent prolonged lockdowns.
While criticizing some Australian states for keeping their borders closed to New South Wales—the epicenter of Australia’s current outbreak—the country’s Prime Minister Morrisonit was “absurd” if any state thought that it could protect itself from the delta variant forever. Morrison then took a shot at his trans-Tasman neighbor, which has been hailed as rare pandemic success for its approach, noting that “New Zealand can’t do that.”“For now, everyone is in agreement: elimination is the strategy. There is no discussion or debate amongst any of us about that because that is the safest option for us,” Ardern
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