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卫生部宣布，今天社区新增35 例新冠病例，在 MIQ 设施中发现了 24 例病例。
周五，有 37 人因感染该病毒而住院。 其中 31 例住院病例在奥克兰。
在 35 例社区病例中，18 例在奥克兰，13 例在丰盛湾，1 例在怀卡托，3 例在湖区。
There are 35 new cases of Covid-19 in the community today and 24 cases that were detected at MIQ facilities, the Ministry of Health has announced.
On Friday, 37 people are in hospital with the virus. Thirty-one of those cases in hospital are in Auckland.
Of the 35 community cases, 18 are in Auckland, 13 in Bay of Plenty, one is in Waikato and three are in Lakes.
周五下午的宣布是在边境病例从周三的 23 例增加到周四的 43 例之后发布的。
卫生部周四表示，这些病例中的大多数很可能是 Omicron 变种。
周四，奥克兰、怀卡托、丰盛湾、塔拉纳基和北地的社区出现了 19 例新的 Covid-19 病例。
从周五开始，与之前的 72 小时要求相比，现在要求进入新西兰的旅客在 48 小时内进行出发前进行检测。
从新西兰首例确诊的 Omicron 变体社区病例——英国音乐家罗伯特·埃瑟里奇（Robert Etheridge）开始，将近两周后，仍然没有相关病例。
奥克兰大学流行病学家Siouxsie Wiles副教授表示，这是一个“好兆头”，但他补充说传播的风险还没有完全过去。
怀尔斯说，新西兰人不能依靠运气来保护他们免受更易传播的 Omicron 变体的伤害。
坎特伯雷大学教授迈克尔·普朗克表示，越来越多的边境病例意味着 Omicron 变种将不可避免地滑入社区，而疫苗接种是最好的防御措施。
对于许多人来说，昨天的统计数据最初似乎令人振奋，随着疫苗接种率持续上升和温暖的天气将人们推向户外，社区病例似乎保持在低水平，病毒更难在那里站稳脚跟。 但专家说，快速增长的 MIQ 数字说明了一个不同的故事。
在去年的大部分时间里，MIQ 每天看到大约两三个病例，而昨天有 43 个新病例。 如果这种趋势继续下去，Plank 说，Omicron 可能会在“18 天而不是 180 天”内在社区中传播。
他说，虽然无法确定是几周还是几个月，但最近的 MIQ 数据清楚地表明“目前风险非常高”。
Friday afternoon’s announcement comes after a jump in cases at the border, from 23 border cases on Wednesday to 43 on Thursday.
Most of these cases were likely to be of the Omicron variant, the Ministry said on Thursday.
On Thursday, there were 19 new cases of Covid-19 in the community, across Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki and Northland.
Starting from Friday, a pre-departure test within 48 hours is now required of travellers entering New Zealand, compared to the previous 72-hour requirement.
Almost two weeks from New Zealand’s first confirmed community case of the Omicron variant – UK musician Robert Etheridge – there have still been no linked cases.
University of Auckland epidemiologist Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles said it’s a “good sign”, but added the risk of spread hadn’t entirely passed.
Wiles said Kiwis couldn’t rely on luck to keep them safe from the more transmissible variant of Omicron.
Michael Plank, a professor at the University of Canterbury, said the growing number of border cases meant the Omicron variant would inevitably slip into the community and vaccination was the best defence.
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