LIVE: Minister gives update on Omicron response

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins.

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins will provide an update on the Government's vaccine rollout at 1pm today.

The latest Covid numbers are also expected to be released soon.

Yesterday, more than 1000 daily positive new cases of Covid-19 was reported in the Bay of Plenty for the first time since the pandemic begun.

The Ministry of Health announced 1185 cases in the region with 19,566 across the country.

There were 10 people hospitalised in the Bay of Plenty.

Across New Zealand there are 373 cases currently in hospital. Nine of these are in ICU or HDU.

Read more here.

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Posted on 02-03-2022 16:07 | By Walbuck

.... So what I take from this is Mask wearing, Vaccine Passports, Lockdowns and Workplace Vaccination Mandates have all been a total waste of time - and we've borrowed close to 100 billion and squandered it all on a Massive amount of Advertising, Useless Vaccines and Bail-outs Imagine if that money went into Health Care, Education and Building houses


@Walbuck

Posted on 02-03-2022 18:15 | By morepork

Yep, your conclusion is a fair summary. It could be argued that it wasn't a TOTAL waste of time, because the vaccines did hinder the spread and reduce hospitalizations. But I would agree with you that the future of our children has been mortgaged for a price that nobody in their right mind would pay. There was never any question that the vaxxes were NOT 100%, and that SHOULD have been an indicator that SOME method of self-testing was going to be necessary. We have pretty much arrived there now, but the delay of over a year is part of the cost you pointed out.


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