After 102 days COVID-free, Resurgence New Zealand highlights the difficulties in returning to normal life

In the last three months, the New Zealanders have one, COVID enjoyed free country ‘, with citizens embrace, the children return to class and sports fans fill stadiums. But that changed on Tuesday when to break a family of four from Auckland, the largest city in the country, tested positive for the virus, a strand of 102 days without new cases COVID-19. New Zealand on Monday reported nine new cases, the total of active cases to 78 and bring these 58 are connected to the cluster Auckland. Although the government says it seems the recent outbreak currently confined in a cluster, is to prevent the further spread in the context of tough measures. The small outbreak has sent a third of the population to return to the unit and the rest of the country in the restrictions. Auckland was placed under lockdown Level 3, he asked to stay with the people at home when they go to work, buy food or exercise. “We have the gravity of the situation we see in us,” Jacinda Ardern, the Prime Minister said that the country at a press conference. “And ‘it treated in an urgent but calm and methodical.” New Zealand is known for its handling of the pandemic 19 COVID-lauded internationally with some suggesting Ardern is made “on the planet the most effective leader.” intense contact tracing, isolation and the New Zealand trial one of the first countries in the world free COVID. On June 8, all social distancing measures a 51 days blockade was lifted so that people return to normal life. Strict border controls remained in place, but the prohibition of entry for non-New Zealenders and require all citizens return quarantine for 14 days. But the recent outbreak in New Zealand, a country taken as an example by the World Organization of Health shows that even in a COVID free nation that implements major border control measures, crown remains a threat. “Once again we are reminded how delicate and how this virus is easily spread,” Ardern said in a televised press conference on Thursday. “Hart and going early is still the best approach.” New Zealand is not the only new sidewalk COVID-19 waves after the first success in comparison with the spread of the virus. Vietnam went 99 days without seeing new cases only an increase of new infections in July at the port city of Danang centered. Australia, where officials had talked to the elimination of Corona how well received his deadliest days of the pandemic on August 10 due to a large outbreak centered on Melbourne. Much of the city of Victoria and the surrounding state is a second block was forced to limit the spread. As the virus has re-emerge in New Zealand? On Tuesday, four people of the same family have tested positive for the virus, have worked the first cases since the country declared free COVID June 8 None of the patients at the borders of the country or traveled abroad, raising questions about the way it is infected in the first place. As of Friday, the cluster of cases to 29 has increased, but remain connected to the original cases in Auckland. Thirty-eight people are in government quarantine. More than 200 people have been exposed to the patient been tested as, most of which come from the same two jobs, such as infected persons. One unproven theory is that the virus has arrived in New Zealand in the way the charge, he served as one of the original infected individuals Ameri, a refrigerator with food imports. Everyone in the company has been tested, tested positive for the virus seven workers. Surfaces at the companies’ facilities has also been tested to show that the virus thrives in cold storage. The company that all employees and their families to isolate the order. Further tests are also done in Rotorua, a city of Auckland, where the four family members have visited 142 miles south-east before testing positive to the virus. Although New Zealand has seen success in curbing the spread of the virus, experts say the country is not surprisingly experienced a new wave. “Even with very strict precautions I do not think we can be surprised to see clusters emerge,” said Angharad Davies, clinical professor of microbiology at the University of Swansea. “Asymptomatic or nearly asymptomatic infection and transmission makes it very difficult to trace this infection, and you can, before the harvest, in particular to groups of young people under the circular radar to leave.” Although all cases were brought in a bunch back in touch is to know in advance if the virus continues to circulate widely. The original patient’s symptoms began on July 31 show, which makes it possible that the virus spread undetected for several weeks in New Zealand. “As we all learned from our first experience with [COVID-19] if you identify a cluster grows, before it slows down,” Ardern said at a news conference in Wellington on Thursday. “We should expect this to be the case.” What new restrictions on government taxes? On Wednesday, the government continued to remain the city requires the construction of a three-day block in Auckland, residents, except for work, shopping and the required movement. All schools, child care facilities and non-essential businesses were closed. Although the restrictions are less stringent than the rest of the country, people are needed to reach social distance to two feet apart and wear masks. The government has released 5 million masks from stocks and circulates them vulnerable people who can not be in a position that you can afford national. All nursing homes have been closed and the meetings were limited to 100 people. be different compared to the previous block, all patients who test positive for COVID-19 request will remain in a quarantine managed state. The government has rolled out a 19-COVID Tracer app to allow people to create digital records of where they were, that will help you trace an outbreak in contact in the case. All shops and services are required to be displayed under their sites a QR code so that people of the same app under control to this structure. On Tuesday night alone, 100,000 people have downloaded the application. “The contact track capacity is one of the most important tools we have to find new cases and to avoid them in isolation for future lockdowns,” said Ardern. “The application is to keep our businesses and the economy open a great investment.” Since Lockdown measures were announced on Wednesday, the country has seen a mixed reaction, with many lasting through new rules and some clashes against them. In North Whangarei City, a small group of sixty people protested against the new blocking measures on Thursday. The protesters argued that the recent government restrictions violate their rights. Ardern last Friday announced an extension of 12 days of the Auckland block. “They have now reached a good level of control and so few cases that local measures in the short term rather drastic are guaranteed relative normality long to get in the middle,” said Davies. As New Zealand contained the virus for the first time? If COVID-19 was circulated to start early this year to other countries, New Zealand has taken decisive steps to protect themselves from the virus. On 3 February, New Zealand, have not all reported cases of COVID-19, it banned any foreign input, or to come to China, where the epidemic began. Shortly after 19-COVID a pandemic was declared in March, officials have imposed a mandatory lock to all those entering the country, one of the strictest measures in the world block at this time. In a few weeks, the government has closed the border completely for all non-citizens and residents. At the same time, the government implemented a nationwide blockade that restricted movement and limited social interaction within a family. The government has also conducted more than 10,000 tests a day and implemented extensive research contacts. Although the island country is isolated and sparsely populated, containment effort easier, experts say that it is the decisive action of the government, has helped to curb the spread of the virus. “New Zealand has the advantage of being an island, but had also set up a harsh blockade and strict border controls at an early stage, the critics have been,” said Davies. Part of what appears to have also made the strategy of New Zealand so successful the will of citizens must be respected by rules Lockdown. Overwhelmingly, New Zealenders support the approach of the government to the pandemic, a survey has found that 87% of citizens support measures to block the government and only 8% against. Ardern has again and again thanked the public in New Zealand, as the country related “team of five million Euros.”
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