Wellington: New Zealand will bridge the gap between the other covid-19 vaccine dosage and push back a phased reopening of its borders in boosters and measures announced on Tuesday omicron version in the bay.
covid-19 response minister Chris Hipkin told reporters that the government had agreed to a “suite of precautionary measures“In light of the threat posed by the Omicron strain of coronavirus.
The gap between the second dose of the vaccine and the booster will be reduced to six to four months, meaning 82 percent of vaccinated New Zealanders will be due for a booster by February.
New Zealand’s strict border rules have so far been successful in preventing Omicron from spreading in the community. The only cases reported so far are of travelers who are in managed isolation and quarantine.
“Public health advice suggests that every case that soon falls into our range, in our managed isolation facilities, will be the Omicron version,” Hipkins said. “We already know that booster vaccinations increase a person’s immunity, thereby reducing the spread and severity of COVID-19.”
Plans to allow travelers from Australia to self-isolate from January 17, instead of going through managed isolation, have been pushed back to the end of February.
hipkins said Australia’s New South Wales The state “now expects to register 25,000 cases a day by the end of January, with plans to open the border in mid-January posing a much higher risk at this point.”
covid-19 response minister Chris Hipkin told reporters that the government had agreed to a “suite of precautionary measures“In light of the threat posed by the Omicron strain of coronavirus.
The gap between the second dose of the vaccine and the booster will be reduced to six to four months, meaning 82 percent of vaccinated New Zealanders will be due for a booster by February.
New Zealand’s strict border rules have so far been successful in preventing Omicron from spreading in the community. The only cases reported so far are of travelers who are in managed isolation and quarantine.
“Public health advice suggests that every case that soon falls into our range, in our managed isolation facilities, will be the Omicron version,” Hipkins said. “We already know that booster vaccinations increase a person’s immunity, thereby reducing the spread and severity of COVID-19.”
Plans to allow travelers from Australia to self-isolate from January 17, instead of going through managed isolation, have been pushed back to the end of February.
hipkins said Australia’s New South Wales The state “now expects to register 25,000 cases a day by the end of January, with plans to open the border in mid-January posing a much higher risk at this point.”
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