Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana i mua o ka poʻe ʻoihana ʻoihana ma Auckland i kēia lā, ua hoʻolaha ke Kuhina Nui o Aotearoa ʻaʻole e hoʻokiʻekiʻe ka ʻāina i nā mea paʻa COVID-19 i ka manawa hoʻokahi, a ma ka liʻiliʻi e noho mau kekahi o lākou a hiki i ʻOkakopa o 2022.
As Aotearoa Ke hoʻolālā nei ʻo ia i ka wehe hou ʻana o kona palena, ua ʻōlelo ke kuhina nui ʻo Jacinda Ardern: "ʻO kā mākou hoʻolālā me Omicron e hoʻolōʻihi i ka hoʻolaha ʻana, a ʻo kā mākou mau palena he ʻāpana ia."
Mai ka lā 27 o Pepeluali, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka poʻe o Aotearoa ma Nuhōlani hiki ke hele i ka home me ka ʻole o ka pono e noho ma nā keʻena quarantine i mālama ʻia e ka mokuʻāina. ʻElua pule ma hope, Aotearoa Hiki i nā kamaʻāina a puni ka honua ke hoʻi mai me ka ʻole o ka pono e noho ma nā kikowaena quarantine.
E ʻae ʻia kekahi poʻe limahana akamai, a me nā poʻe backpackers hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻē aʻe, mai Malaki 13. Ma ʻApelila, hiki i ka 5,000 mau haumāna honua e ʻae ʻia e komo.
E ʻae ʻia ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi mai nā ʻāina visa-free, me Australia hoʻi e komo mai Iulai. Ma lalo o nā hoʻolālā o kēia manawa, e koi ʻia ka poʻe mai ke koena o ka honua e kali a hiki i ʻOkakopa.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ardern, e hoʻokaʻawale ka poʻe huakaʻi āpau iā lākou iho no 10 mau lā, ʻoiai e ʻike ana ʻo ka wehe ʻana i nā palena ma ke ʻano hoʻokele e hiki ai i ka ʻōnaehana olakino ke hoʻokele i ka piʻi ʻana o nā hihia.
Ua ʻike mua ʻia ka maʻi Omicron maʻi nui loa o ka maʻi COVID-19 Aotearoa a ʻo ia ke kuleana no kahi piʻi liʻiliʻi o nā maʻi.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Speaking in front of the business audience in Auckland today, New Zealand's Prime Minister announced that the country will not lift all of COVID-19 restrictions at once, and at least some of them will remain in effect until October of 2022.
- Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ardern, e hoʻokaʻawale ka poʻe huakaʻi āpau iā lākou iho no 10 mau lā, ʻoiai e ʻike ana ʻo ka wehe ʻana i nā palena ma ke ʻano hoʻokele e hiki ai i ka ʻōnaehana olakino ke hoʻokele i ka piʻi ʻana o nā hihia.
- The highly contagious Omicron strain of the COVID-19 virus has already been detected in New Zealand and is responsible for a small uptick in infections.