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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThere was one Covid case yesterday here in New Zealand, not far north of Auckland. The patient was..
There was one Covid case yesterday here in New Zealand, not far north of Auckland. The patient was a recent returnee from Europe, had finished her 14-day managed isolation (MIQ) period, & sent back home, but somehow presented symptoms 5 days after. How do I know all of this?
Because yesterday at 4pm the NZ government Covid task force held a national press conference about this case. Let me repeat, yesterday there was a NATIONAL press conference about THIS ONE CASE.
Since her positive test, her husband has been tested (negative). All her close contacts have been identified and tested. All those who had been in the same MIQ hotel during the same period have been contacted for tests and told to self isolate while awaiting results.
The index patient has been scrupulously recording all of her movements since leaving MIQ facility. How? Its easy. Weve been doing the exact same thing. Theres a QR code everywhere that you can scan on your phone, plus a Bluetooth capacity that can even do it automatically.
So, everyone who has recorded themselves visiting the same places during the same period as this patient has now been informed that they may have been exposed. You can also check on the Covid site to see a detailed listing of her movements since she left managed facilities.
All of this. From one covid case in the community.
DNA typing is underway to identify the exact strain of this virus to locate precisely where she had acquired it. CCTV footage from during her managed isolation period are being investigated to try to find any potential failure in the system to allow this case to get out.
Yes, all of this, from one covid case here in New Zealand.
Meanwhile, 172K new cases yesterday back home in the US.
And some Karens (and Bobs) are still screaming in Trader Joes about how requiring a 😷 is oppression. Good luck contact tracing them.
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Clarification:
Theres a total of 79 Covid cases currently in NZ, but theres only one in the community, in the wild you can say. The rest are caught at the border in Managed Isolation/Quarantine in government-controlled facilities & posing little to no risk to the community
Because yesterday at 4pm the NZ government Covid task force held a national press conference about this case. Let me repeat, yesterday there was a NATIONAL press conference about THIS ONE CASE.
Since her positive test, her husband has been tested (negative). All her close contacts have been identified and tested. All those who had been in the same MIQ hotel during the same period have been contacted for tests and told to self isolate while awaiting results.
The index patient has been scrupulously recording all of her movements since leaving MIQ facility. How? Its easy. Weve been doing the exact same thing. Theres a QR code everywhere that you can scan on your phone, plus a Bluetooth capacity that can even do it automatically.
So, everyone who has recorded themselves visiting the same places during the same period as this patient has now been informed that they may have been exposed. You can also check on the Covid site to see a detailed listing of her movements since she left managed facilities.
All of this. From one covid case in the community.
DNA typing is underway to identify the exact strain of this virus to locate precisely where she had acquired it. CCTV footage from during her managed isolation period are being investigated to try to find any potential failure in the system to allow this case to get out.
Yes, all of this, from one covid case here in New Zealand.
Meanwhile, 172K new cases yesterday back home in the US.
And some Karens (and Bobs) are still screaming in Trader Joes about how requiring a 😷 is oppression. Good luck contact tracing them.
😢
Clarification:
Theres a total of 79 Covid cases currently in NZ, but theres only one in the community, in the wild you can say. The rest are caught at the border in Managed Isolation/Quarantine in government-controlled facilities & posing little to no risk to the community
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There was one Covid case yesterday here in New Zealand, not far north of Auckland. The patient was.. (Original Post)
demmiblue
Jan 2021
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Hugin
(33,164 posts)1. The US could've been there...
But, Republicans. One in particular.
That's my only comment.
Yavin4
(35,442 posts)2. The US govt can only handle problems involving invasion of a foreign nation.
For any other national emergencies, we are clueless.
DSandra
(999 posts)3. And we had the intelligence to know what was coming...
But, the same thing happened as with Bush and the intelligence memo: Bin Laden determined to strike in the U.S.
Who we have as president f****n matters! And the pattern is clear, Republicans make such terrible presidents that they threaten the future of the republic!
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)4. Remarkable
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)5. Exceptionally well run country!
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)6. Exceptionally well run country!