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According to a Radio New Zealand report published on 1 October 2021, psychologists reported emerging evidence of long-term and in some cases "severe" effects on individuals who had spent time in managed isolation and quarantine, caused by a lack of autonomy, social contact and control over their environment.
In addition, the Government announced plans to boost its vaccine rollout efforts and to allow vaccinated travellers from low-risk countries to skip quarantine and enter New Zealand in 2021. [240] [241] On 17 August, Ardern announced that New Zealand would move to Alert Level 4 at 11:59 pm after a single community case was confirmed in Auckland.
People arriving in New Zealand without symptoms of COVID-19 go into a managed isolation facility for at least 14 days. [5] People arriving in New Zealand with symptoms of COVID-19 or who test positive after arrival go into a quarantine facility and are unable to leave their room for at least 14 days. [5] Mandatory self-isolation may be applied.
Cases peaked again in October 2021 with 134 new cases reported on 22 October. [2] In response to the first outbreak in late February 2020, the New Zealand Government closed the country's borders and imposed lockdown restrictions. [3] A four-tier alert level system was introduced on 21 March 2020 to manage the outbreak within New Zealand. [4]
[4] [5] [6] On 23 September at 11:59 pm, Auckland moved down to alert level 2, after the rest of New Zealand moved to alert level 1 on 21 September at 11:59pm. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] On 7 October, Auckland also moved down to level 1.
As of March 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer advises a five-day isolation period when you test positive for COVID-19, but recommends taking other precautions once ...
[9] [10] In late July 2020, the Public Party entered into an alliance with independent MP Jami-Lee Ross's Advance New Zealand party. [11] On 18 October 2022, COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins announced that the Government would scrap several of the Public Health Response Act's provisions including powers to implement lockdowns, managed ...
Map of COVID-19 case totals in New Zealand by District health board (DHB) New Zealand reported its first case on 28 February 2020 from a citizen who had arrived from Iran on 26 February. [130] The second case was a citizen who had recently traveled to northern Italy. [131] The first local transmission of the virus happened on 4 March in ...