Some Māori and Pacific health teams had initially struggled to be given the resources they needed, or to be listened to. That was why the country still needed to be prepared for the worst, he said.Īs an Auckland GP and co-leader of Te Rōpū Whakakaupapa Urutā, Rawiri McKree-Jansen was at the frontline of the Delta outbreak and lockdown and the vaccine rollout. "If that happens, if people start dropping dead in the street like the original version of Covid, we will have little choice but to lock down." "If we get a new mutation that is more severe, that kills more people, then we've got something huge to worry about," he said. The government has said lockdowns are not part of any future Covid-19 plans, with the traffic light system taking its place.īut Jackson said that may not cut the mustard if the worst happened. By 7 September 2021 the rest of New Zealand had move to level 2, but Auckland stayed in alert level 3 restrictions until 2 December. "I think there are a lot of people who think 'oh look, it's getting less severe over time so we're fine' but it's pretty random whether the next variant is going to be less severe or not," he said.Įither way, it would need to be at least as spreadable as Omicron to take over, he said.Īn Auckland motorway near the city centre, mid morning on 19 August 2021. Much had been learnt about the virus - and how to respond to it - since then, with the highly contagious but less harmful Omicron variant changing everything at the start of this year, he said. Reflecting back, he said New Zealanders responded well, with most areas hitting that mark or higher by the measurements at the time. The city was asked to hold the line so the country could get vaccinated, something critics said should have happened much earlier.Īuckland University epidemiologist Rod Jackson was vocal in urging the country to aim high and vaccinate more than 95 percent of eligible people. On 17 August 2021, New Zealand went to alert level 4 because the deadly Delta variant had arrived.Īucklanders had no idea that day that they would still be in lockdown till December, and that after 18 months of trying to keep Covid-19 out, it would be here to stay. DBM releases P10.Auckland in lockdown in August 2021.Poor in Metro Manila to get P1,000 aid due to August ECQ.Manila Water, Maynilad suspend disconnection during ECQ.Meralco says no disconnection in ECQ, MECQ areas for August 2021.‘Hatid-sundo’ now allowed in Metro Manila during ECQ.DILG to impose ‘1-tricycle, 1-passenger’ policy in ECQ areas.DOTr: There will be public transportation during lockdown.
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