Health Minister Aisha Varal said the country needs to maintain this setting as the number of cases of Covid is beginning to “sneak up”.
This decision will be made when a new community case of 7423 for this disease is reported today.
The Ministry of Health reported an additional 19 deaths of Covid-19 infected individuals in the last 7 days.
2 Northland, 3 Auckland, 3 Waikato, 1 Bay of Plenty, 1 Hawke’s Bay, 2 Wellington, 1 Nelson Marlboro, 4 Canterbury, 2 Southern Region from.
Two were in their 50s, three were in their 60s, one was in their 70s, six were in their 80s, and seven were over 90.
The total number of deaths reported in Covid-19 is currently 1522. The 7-day moving average is 13 people.
There are 411 cases in hospitals nationwide, including 6 people receiving intensive care.
On the other hand, the 7-day moving average for the community case is 6114.
NZ staying in orange
Similar to the decision to remain orange, the government today made changes to its reinfection advice. People who experience symptoms more than 29 days after their previous infection should be tested and quarantined for positive results.
“At this point, we don’t have to go back to red. We can continue to control the virus with orange, but we’re taking a number of additional steps to control the recent increase in the number of cases,” says Verrall.
However, as hospitals and numbers under pressure from the flu and Covid began to grow again, she said a series of additional steps had been taken to reduce the spread.
The government has also announced that four to seven New Zealand students will have access to 50 child-sized masks each year.
All other students and school staff will be provided with an additional 20,000-30,000 masks per week. Additional funding will be provided for school and early childhood services to support better ventilation during the winter.
“What New Zealanders can do to relieve pressure on our health care system this winter is to get vaccinated. Keeping the vaccine up-to-date because there are too many unvaccinated people in the hospital. I highly recommend it.
“We are also updating our reinfection advice and are asking people who are experiencing Covid-19 symptoms more than 29 days after the initial infection to test. If the test is positive, 7 Must be isolated for days.
“This is a change from previous advice that if Covid-19 is positive within the last 90 days, there is no need to retest, with the latest international evidence and rapid isolation of reinfected people. Based on the need to do.
“But contacts from households infected with Covid-19 within 90 days do not need to be quarantined unless they are symptomatic. There is a clear idea of what to do to reduce the risk to yourself and others. I have the latest advice. “
According to Varal, reinfection is low at this point, but is likely to increase.
“Omicron’s B.5 mutant is expected to dominate the country in the coming weeks and is different from what most New Zealanders first caught.
“In addition to these measures, along with additional support for schools and early childhood services, the government is stepping up our response to reduce the Covid epidemic. We are always strict about this. He said it would be winter. Please help me pass safely. “