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New Zealand joined the world press when New Zealand introduced universal quarantine on August 17, when the first case of a local strain of delta coronavirus was identified.
I. Kleinaitė stated that the number of new coronavirus cases “is not very small.”
“It is a pandemic, where there is one case, it means there are more. And this is a delta variety and the infectivity is twice as high when transmitted by air.” When the whole world was shocked on August 17, when due to a In any case, the whole country was able to plunge so suddenly into such strict global isolation, we don’t call it a quarantine here, “he said.
The reason, according to the interlocutor of the program, is very simple: there are very few hospital beds in the country, so the largest outbreaks of the disease would absolutely stop the health system.
“I was very surprised and received many echoes in the world. But the situation and the tests have shown that it is now the fifth week of very tight global isolation in Auckland. The whole country is freer, it has already passed to the second level. But in total there are already less than a thousand cases. Clearly, half of them have already recovered, found themselves in a people’s hospital, and apparently there have been several deaths as well.
But the bottom line is that New Zealand has very few of the so-called hospital beds. And you can’t afford to take people to the hospital because it would completely disrupt the healthcare system. Therefore, the following elimination strategy has been adopted. And the whole fight against the virus is taking place on the wall, ”said I. Kleinaitė, a Lithuanian living in New Zealand, on the radio news program“ Question of the Day ”.
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The interlocutor of the program said that people returning from abroad need to isolate themselves. But because this strain of the virus is highly contagious, the virus has entered society.
“It just came to our attention then. Even more difficult than last year,” he said.
According to the interlocutor, it is possible to leave the house only to buy the necessary products: food, see a doctor, get vaccinated and exercise at home.
“It just came to our knowledge then. In half an hour we have the sea, but we cannot drive to it. Everything is very strict. And another measure stricter than last year: masks became mandatory when you went anywhere”, said I. Kleinaitė.
When asked how the public views such a strict shutdown, the show’s interlocutor said residents are not happy with the tightening, but support the restrictions. They communicate clearly.
“Nobody is happy, but there are constant polls. And a poll conducted just before the announcement of this universal isolation was that 84 percent support austerity measures, even though they are very inconvenient. (…) People support it, there is very good communication. Every strict measure is explained with a lot of patience, “said a Lithuanian living in New Zealand.
Despite the drawbacks, this strategy has already been used in the country and its results show that it has paid off.
“That’s why we know that if we come together, we will suffer in unison, then we can enjoy freedom again,” he said.
According to I. Kleinaitė, the vaccination process in the country has accelerated after the identified cases of the disease.
“Compared to other countries, the process started later here, it was quite slow. It started vaccinating people who work at the border, then medical personnel, then the elderly. By age groups down. But there was no in a hurry because there was no virus. I thought myself that I would not be in a hurry and that I would receive the vaccine when I was preparing to return to Lithuania, when I absolutely needed it. It was the fact that this outbreak occurred that many people started to get vaccinated at the same time There was even a lack of vaccine, ”said the Lithuanian about the coronavirus vaccination process in New Zealand.
According to the latest data, about 80 percent of the country’s vaccine population has already received or registered to receive the first dose.
“It just came to our knowledge then. New Zealand is very looking at other countries, we have the privilege that here everything happens later, it can be seen in the experience of other countries. It has been observed that Israel does not have enough to vaccinate 80 per cent. percent of the country, and now New Zealand aims to vaccinate 90 percent of the population it can.
But as I heard a couple of days ago the declarations of our Prime Minister, her objective is that all those who can get vaccinated ”, commented I. Kleinaitė about the vaccination goals set in the country.
He said the protests are taking place, they are not intensifying, they are not getting much media attention.
“People are asked to get vaccinated at this stage. It is not pressured, but it is highly requested,” said I. Kleinaitė, a Lithuanian living in New Zealand, on the radio news program “Question of the Day.”
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