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New Zealand Covid-19
1 minute ago
Beating Covid-19: Grim period of isolating ourselves may lie ahead
Ruth Hill, Reporterruth.hill@rnz.co.nz
New Zealander's could be facing up to 18 months of social isolation if Covid-19 takes hold in this country.
Quote (my emphasis added):
"Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said this research has been critical in guiding the Health Ministry's ambitious goal - to stop the virus getting a foothold in New Zealand.
"We've discovered exactly as the Imperial College folk found, that we can implement a series of interventions that might flatten the curve [but] even if we had two or three times the size health system we have now, that would still be a challenge for us.
"So our aim is to stop it getting to that point where the peak is higher than our ability to respond."
New Zealand Covid-19
1 minute ago
Beating Covid-19: Grim period of isolating ourselves may lie ahead
Ruth Hill, Reporterruth.hill@rnz.co.nz
New Zealander's could be facing up to 18 months of social isolation if Covid-19 takes hold in this country.
Quote (my emphasis added):
"Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said this research has been critical in guiding the Health Ministry's ambitious goal - to stop the virus getting a foothold in New Zealand.
"We've discovered exactly as the Imperial College folk found, that we can implement a series of interventions that might flatten the curve [but] even if we had two or three times the size health system we have now, that would still be a challenge for us.
"So our aim is to stop it getting to that point where the peak is higher than our ability to respond."
