2022 the year of outbreaks : Top NZ health officer s Covid warning Wed, 7 Jul 2021, 1:16PM
People waiting in line to be tested for Covid-19 at Hataitai Park in Wellington. (Photo / Mark Mitchell) 2022 the year of outbreaks : Top NZ health officer s Covid warning Wed, 7 Jul 2021, 1:16PM
Next year could be the year of Covid-19 outbreaks in New Zealand, according to one of the country s medical officers of health.
Speaking in a personal capacity, Waikato DHB medical officer of health Richard Hoskins told an audience at a vaccine forum at Waikato University on Monday night that last year was the year of Covid - and this year is a focus on vaccinations.
A further announcement on Wednesday around alert levels could dictate which go ahead and which don’t. Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival is scheduled to run from February 20 to 28 with over 40 events scheduled for the seven days. For festival general manager Geoff Turkington one of the main concerns is that many of the artists are Auckland based. “At this stage we are going ahead as planned, but we are monitoring the situation incredibly closely.”
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Otago University epidemiologist Professor David Skegg says it’s no surprise Auckland is going back into lockdown. He said there are contingency plans should the alert levels change.