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New Zealand considers mandatory masks, scanning amid COVID Delta variant concerns
Reuters ^ | 06/28/2021 | Reuters

Posted on 06/30/2021 10:49:44 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

WELLINGTON, June 28 (Reuters) - New Zealand is considering making masks compulsory at high alert levels as well as compulsory scanning of QR codes to boost contact tracing in efforts to reduce the risk of coronavirus spreading, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday.

New Zealand halted quarantine-free travel with neighbouring Australia last week as an outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant triggered a lockdown in Sydney and renewed restrictions elsewhere. read more

It also extended the COVID-19 alert level 2 in the capital Wellington until Tuesday, as authorities said there was still a risk that an Australian tourist who tested positive for the coronavirus after visiting the city last weekend had infected others.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


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New Zealand and Australia's GDP must be sinking daily and their supply chains must be broken beyond repair. How much longer will they put up with this?
1 posted on 06/30/2021 10:49:44 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

They can confiscate assault rifles while they’re at it. Scanning that is. ๐Ÿ‘ธ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿ’ฉ


2 posted on 06/30/2021 10:52:47 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

One thing this Wuhan flu debacle has shown is many people are germophobic to the degree that it overrides rational thought.

The powermad pportunists and zealots are then easily able to exploit these “crises”.


3 posted on 06/30/2021 10:58:18 AM PDT by ifinnegan ( Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

And then the same for the epsilon, zeta, eta, theta....omega variants as well.


4 posted on 06/30/2021 11:02:32 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

They’re not masks, they’re muzzles.


5 posted on 06/30/2021 11:05:03 AM PDT by Signalman
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To: ChicagoConservative27

NZ has had a year and a half to build care fa ilities and train caregivers.

If it hasnt then the people there will be justifed in armed revolt over continuing assault on their civil liberties.


6 posted on 06/30/2021 11:06:36 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Did anybody interview the guy who is sick with the Delta variant?


7 posted on 06/30/2021 11:09:13 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

All these countries “need” to lock down so the idiots in the USA will be propagandized into fear and panic.


8 posted on 06/30/2021 11:09:35 AM PDT by mikelets456
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Note the most British nations are the harshest lockdowns.


9 posted on 06/30/2021 11:16:46 AM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isnt free)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Was one of the worldโ€™s leading young socialists. She is bringing socialism to New Zealand


10 posted on 06/30/2021 12:27:03 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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New Zealand is becoming a colony of China.


11 posted on 06/30/2021 12:28:06 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ifinnegan

Anybody in the govt read the side of the mask box about not working against viruses?


12 posted on 06/30/2021 12:32:30 PM PDT by bray (Hating Whites is racist)
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To: dfwgator

Yep! My New Zealand friends are horrified


13 posted on 06/30/2021 12:44:20 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Just wait until the Epsilon variant. It feels like an ordinary headache but requires a 5 trillion dollar spending bill to eliminate it. Wear three masks!


14 posted on 06/30/2021 12:55:25 PM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (Socialism requires slavery.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I imagine NZ is a bit embarassed at the moment. The one Delta case, testing positive on arrival in the Cook Islands, came from NZ - a Cook Islander traveling from Egypt to NZ then visiting the CI, with the intent to return to Egypt. Is this man the ‘aussie tourist’ the article mentions? I read the CI had banned NZ’ers from the Wellington region for half a day until they recinded - pulled them off a plane and had to reschedule them.


15 posted on 06/30/2021 8:32:57 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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