Two years ago today the first Covid-19 case was identified in New Zealand. Since then we have largely been protected from the waves of illness and death seen overseas by our closed border, MIQ, lockdowns and alert levels. In the past week that has all changed. Omicron, the most contagious variant, sneaked in a month ago and positive case numbers are exploding. Fortunately the vast majority of eligible people are vaccinated and that should prevent many hospitalizations and deaths. However the next few weeks could be quite disrupted as people get sick, have to self isolate, and supply chains and services are affected. One of my friend's learned this evening she has Covid. After two years the nasty little devil is here, circulating in our community.
Covid Case Numbers
24 January 25
31 January 91
6 February 208
13 February 810
20 February 2522
27 February 14,941
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