Calls for a circuit breaker in New Zealand before expected surge in COVID-19 cases

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Public health experts want Auckland returned to a level four lockdown and warn hospital systems could be overwhelmed, with COVID-19 cases expected to surge in coming weeks.

Source:A growing number of public health experts and COVID-19 modellers want New Zealand's largest city Auckland returned to a level four lockdown to stop the spread of the virus.

"A move back to alert level four is the best, and probably only, chance of reversing these highly concerning trends," she said. "At this critical point in our pandemic journey, failing to act decisively will have severe consequences for population health and wellbeing." "What that means is there's a lot more cases out there," University of Auckland epidemiologist Rod Jackson told Radio NZ."[Quarantine] is going to be overwhelmed. The next thing is hospitals are going to be overwhelmed. Everything is going to be overwhelmed. We've just got to slow it down."

 

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Public Health experts should not be given the kind of uncritically positive publicity you provide. Alternative headline: “Small business owners and parents desperate to avoid another damaging lockdown”.

Jacinda Ardern is solely to blame for this after she gave up on her elimination strategy and gave up on ZeroCovid.

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