way that life was, and we will. i suspect, sooner than you think. but when that happens, it will be because easing restrictions won t compromise the lives of thousands of people. not because you demanded it. reporter: ardern, referring to protestors inspired by truckers demonstrations in canada, that have camped out in the country s capital to protest vaccine mandates, and other government policies. new zealand s own phased re-opening is underway. on sunday, it will allow fully-vaccinate new zealand citizens and australians to enter the country from australia if they self-isolate for seven days. with more re-openings planned throughout the course of the year. nina dos santos, cnn, london. and cnn s he s anna stewart joins us from windsor, england, god to see you anna.
days. with more re-openings planned throughout the course of the year. nina dos santos, cnn, london. to san diego now. dr. eric topal, cardiologist. welcome back to cnn newsroom. great to be with you, zwron. so, around the world, we are seeing restrictions coming to an end or easing up to varying degrees. it is all part of living with covid stage that we are now in. the british prime minister outlined the big picture of how this would work during question time monday. here he is. it is time that we ve got our confidence back. we don t need laws to compel people to be considerate to others. we can rely on that sense of responsibility towards one another. providing practical advice, and the knowledge that people will follow it to avoid infecting loved ones and others.
place. many wanted to but they were told for the greater good that they needed to stay safer at home and then transition into the re-openings with the increased unemployment benefits and so many americans that became dependent on government. that safety net that was supposed to be in plate became a hammock and so many got so comfortable and that hammock that they didn t want to return to work. i know every single one of you were all in different places across the country but everywhere i live and travel, restaurants have to close sections because they can t get their waiters and waitresses to come to work. they ve got extended wait times, you see this everywhere you go but government created this problem and now government thinks they re going to step in and solve the problem. maybe they should let the private sector solve that problem, lift the mandates, cut off the unemployment benefits to those who simply don t want to work and let s get america back to being the first and great aga
but, poppy, this comes as there is also questions about just the uncertainty, generally, across the nation when it comes to the pandemic because we are in a very different place than the white house and president biden thought we would be come september. when they thought it was going to be complete re-openings and people going back to the offices. and of course, they are dealing with what is being driven by this delta surge. and the numbers that you just laid out there. where we are hitting numbers that we have not seen in months, especially when it comes to deaths and hospitalizations. and so, that is obviously a major concern inside the white house. it s affecting president biden s poll numbers because according to a new poll that was out from the washington post and abc, poppy, his numbers are down 10% of the approval of his handling of the pandemic compared to where they were in late june. which, of course, is right before the president held his july-4th speech on the south lawn
hospitalized with covid, over 90% are unvaccinated. and more than 97% of the people dyeing from covid are unvaccinated. as i ve said many times before, you ll either get the vaccine or covid and i ll tell you which one of those can kill weeks ag. i do think it s disappointment because it was a time for people to come together, and they re not. angry and just disappointed and scared. this is not going away. reporter: the cases causing worry about school and office re-openings, and many of the vaccinated fearing for their children who are too young to get the shot. i feel like there s been enough time for everyone to learn the stakes of the pandemic. and i find it frustrating to see that people aren t thinking of themselves getting vaccinated as something that s responsible to do as a member of a community and to approach health in a community way. they re just thinking about it