New Zealand Covid-19 Delta outbreak spreading rapidly as cases jump

Re:New Zealand Covid-19 Delta outbreak spreading rapidly as ... by didntknowya on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @09:30PM (#28297129)

there wasn't much of a push to vaccinate people, and also not much incentive for people to get one- especially when the country had no COVID cases in the community and life was normal.

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Re:New Zealand Covid-19 Delta outbreak spreading rapidly as ... by stueynz on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @06:05AM (#28299696)

Supply chain logistics. US, UK & EU need 2x population doses because they're killing 100,000+ people.

NZ has one decent lockdown and 26 deaths total - and successfully keeps the plague out for 14months.... which rather reduces our govt's negotiating power when trying to source the 10million doses we need. We simply didn't have supply of sufficient vaccines until July-2021.

Don't worry, what passes for right-wing rabid press is tireless in its search for evidence of govt incompetence; so far without success.

The current outbreak and lockdown has concentrated minds and we're managing >60,000 vaccinations per day... At which rate we will run out of supply in late Sept and have to suspend operations until the October shipment arrives. Gotta loved JustInTime logistics.

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