Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield are here. The press conference is about to get underway.Covid-19
响应部长克里斯·希普金斯和卫生总干事阿什利·布卢姆菲尔德博士在新闻发布会提供最新疫情信息。
There are 15 new community cases all in Auckland today.
855 now the total number.
218 cases have now recovered.
今天社区有15个新病例,全在奥克兰。
现在总数为855。
现在218个病例已经恢复。
There are 25 unlinked cases to date, of the new cases announced today, just 2.
19 of the cases the day prior are known contacts.
37 in hospital, 6 in ICU and 4 are ventilated.
Just over 38,000 people are contacts to date.
至今有25个不相关病例,包括今天宣布的2例新病例。
19例是已知接触病例。37在医院,6例在ICU,4例上呼吸机。
目前刚过38,000人是接触者。
13,000 swabs taken around NZ yesterday, and we’ve seen an increase in testing in Auckland, which Bloomfield welcomed. This was an important part of our response to the outbreak.
There’s certain criteria needed to cross the Auckland boundary including for vaccinations. You require proof of a vaccination booking to do this and it’s only allowed for certain people. People should not be travelling from Auckland to the Waikato for their vaccinations.
Hipkins has given a big shout out to all MIQ workers who have helped 170,000 people return to NZ to join the team of 5 million.
Hipkins has mentioned a survey people who have stayed in MIQ have filled out. The results found most people had a good experience staying in MIQ, while it also found some booking complaints and space complaints. The new booking roll-out aims to help the booking process for people trying to return.
On the Middlemore Hospital situation, Bloomfield did not believe there was negligence involved, he said in reply to a media question. He said an assessment is underway and more info will come from the DHB in charge.
Health teams in MIQ are very used to assessing and looking after people with Covid-19 in the MIQ facilities, Bloomfield said in response to a question about hospital access.
More on the Middlemore case – specifically his family and household contacts
更多Middlemore的情况下 – 特别是他的家人和家庭接触
The inquiries with the family show that they have been abiding by the level 4 restrictions. There’s very little risk in terms of spread outside the household at this stage. From what he’s aware, Bloomfield said there are no locations of interest. He didn’t have information about the vaccination status of the family.
This is a hospital with thousands of staff and they will be rerostering staff to help with the shortage as a result of the staff in isolation currently.
这个医院有几千工作人员,目前由于部分员工在隔离,已重新排班以应付员工短缺。
Bloomfield has thanked all the DHB staff who are coming to Auckland to help.
布卢姆菲尔德也感谢所有来帮助奥克兰DHB人员。
Vaccination status of positive Covid cases 阳性病例接种疫苗情况
702 of those in the outbreak have not had the Covid-19 vaccine
此次爆发染疫的其中702例还没有接种Covid-19疫苗
38 people are fully vaccinated
38人完全接种了疫苗
Hipkins has acknowledged the pressure on businesses at this time.
Hipkins承认在这个时候企业很有压力。
On the subject of the restrictions in place at level 3, including venue numbers, the overall goal here is to keep the risk profile as low as they can, Hipkins said.
关于3级警报限制的话题,包括场地人数,Hipkins说,这里的总体目标是保持风险状况低得不能再低,
Vaccinations 接种疫苗
“Come forward and book in,” Hipkins said, and said we are not going to run out of supply.
Around 629,000 doses are currently in the country.
“出来预约” Hipkins说,说我们的疫苗不会不够。目前在国内大约还有629.000剂。
Vaccine bookings 疫苗预订
If you get your vaccine early, please cancel your booking, Bloomfield has reiterated, as they’ve seen a few situations here.
如果你错过了接种疫苗时间,请取消预订,布卢姆菲尔德重申,因为他们在这里已经看到不少情况了。
Future vaccines 未来疫苗
We’ve got a really good vaccination network now, whether its booster shots or other vaccinations, there are good systems in place, Hipkins said.
Bloomfield acknowledged the tough situations for many people who can’t visit family in hospital right now due to strict prevention measures in level 4. Our restrictions have served us well to date, he said. Staff also go to great lengths to help people.
Hipkins said they did look at course related costs, but found it was very untargeted. They found the tertiary fund as its set up is more targeted to meeting the needs.
Rapid RCR testing can only take a small volume sample at one time. The key thing here is staff asking questions about possible Covid exposure, locations of interest and assessing the possible risks – which staff are doing.
Discussions around the trans-Tasman bubble are a fair while away, Hipkins said. It would be unrealistic to think there will be discussion soon on this.
现在关于跨塔斯曼泡泡的讨论有点言之尚早,Hipkins说。 认为有很快的讨论这将是不切实际的。
Those NZers in Australia should be making preparations to book their MIQ space and come home should they need to.
如果他们需要回家,在澳大利亚的新西兰人应该做好准备预定他们MIQ位置。
Boundary restrictions 边界的限制
“Don’t try and cheat the system” Hipkins warns those wanting to illegally cross the Auckland boundary. This was in response to a specific media question. He said those who cheat the system and get caught will face repercussions – such as fines.
We are still seeing cases who are close contacts and transmission within households, with fewer cases in the community while infectious.
我们仍然看到家庭内密切接触和感染的病例,而社区出现较少感染的病例。
“Delta is tough… there’s still a long way to go” before we’re sure the outbreak is under control, Bloomfield said.
“Delat 是很毒的……仍然有很长的路要走” 在我们确保疫情得到控制之前,布卢姆菲尔德说。
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* 15 new community cases of Covid-19 have been found, all in Auckland.
* Chris Hipkins says the Government’s plan for “reopening” to the world will have to be reworked
* Many New Zealanders are now in their first day of the new alert level 2
* Auckland remains in alert level 4 until at least September 14
* Hospitality businesses are threatening to stop paying GST unless they get more Government support