Coronavirus - New Zealand
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@Kirwan the baron gave an example. Which IMO was ridiculous.
As soon as you are in a situation where there is a complete lockdown except for essential services then you have to define "essential". It's the govts role to do this. They explained their rationale behind excluding butchers and greengrocers etc. You don't have to accept it but there was a degree of thought behind it.
Personally I think the govt has allowed too many companies to push the envelope. If we have to have a lockdown I'd prefer it to be short and brutal so that we maximise the opportunity to return to some sort of normality as quickly as possible.
Of course many would not have enforced the lockdown
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@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
All visitors go into a govt controlled quarantine for 14 days.
this is what is happening from midnight tonight, which should have happend when the rest of NZ went into lockdown.
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@canefan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Virgil said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Wow just 29 cases today, it’s working isn’t it?
Let's keep it up and get the fark on with life on the other side asap
Yup! 2 more weeks of this and we maybe in a place to start the recovery.
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@Virgil said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Expect schools to stay closed given this big rollout of devices, modems and education programs
My sister's kids in Melbourne have had their schools closed for all of term 2 with little warning. I hope we don't follow suit
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@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
All visitors go into a govt controlled quarantine for 14 days.
this is what is happening from midnight tonight, which should have happend when the rest of NZ went into lockdown.
Better late than never. It's no time to stuff that up
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@canefan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Godder said in Lockdown Check In:
@booboo apparently GPs have had a massive loss of revenue because alert level 4 means people just aren't going, even though they are allowed to.
Our clinic is suffering this at the moment. The doctors have noticed a severe drop off in traffic because people think they will be swamped with covid19. Actually a good time (if there ever is one) to get non-covid unwell and head to your GMP or A&E
i had to go to the Doc this week, and i have never, ever seen the practice that empty.
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@mariner4life chafing?
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@canefan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Virgil said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Expect schools to stay closed given this big rollout of devices, modems and education programs
My sister's kids in Melbourne have had their schools closed for all of term 2 with little warning. I hope we don't follow suit
They announced yesterday that they're doing the same in the ACT. Meanwhile the government is now providing free daycare. Someone explain to me the thought process behind that without pointing out the teacher's union is a cancer on society.
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@antipodean said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@canefan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Virgil said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Expect schools to stay closed given this big rollout of devices, modems and education programs
My sister's kids in Melbourne have had their schools closed for all of term 2 with little warning. I hope we don't follow suit
They announced yesterday that they're doing the same in the ACT. Meanwhile the government is now providing free daycare.
That makes no sense! Free day care for all? Or just for those kids of essential workers?
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The state government will spend tens of millions of dollars to ensure council-run childcare centres continue to operate for the duration of the coronavirus crisis, as the increase in new cases hit its lowest levels since March 16.
On Thursday morning, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced the government will spend $82 million to support the 260 council childcare centres not eligible for the federal government's JobKeeper payments.
"[T]hat means childcare centres run by local governments don't have to worry about the additional cost of keeping staff on and providing the vital services," she said.
The state government will also make preschool free for parents over the next six months - costing $50 million. It will apply to 700 state-funded community preschools and 38 mobile services that provide care to 45,000 three-to five-year-olds.
Meanwhile in the real world, there were just 39 new cases reported in NSW yesterday, the lowest figure since March 16.
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@antipodean said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
The state government will spend tens of millions of dollars to ensure council-run childcare centres continue to operate for the duration of the coronavirus crisis, as the increase in new cases hit its lowest levels since March 16.
On Thursday morning, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced the government will spend $82 million to support the 260 council childcare centres not eligible for the federal government's JobKeeper payments.
"[T]hat means childcare centres run by local governments don't have to worry about the additional cost of keeping staff on and providing the vital services," she said.
The state government will also make preschool free for parents over the next six months - costing $50 million. It will apply to 700 state-funded community preschools and 38 mobile services that provide care to 45,000 three-to five-year-olds.
Meanwhile in the real world, there were just 39 new cases reported in NSW yesterday, the lowest figure since March 16.
That's incredible. And makes no sense. We want to keep the kids away from each other but we will pay to bring them together....
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@taniwharugby pharmacies in oz where I am are going gangbusters. Constantly replenishing stock at 3 times the normal rate.
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Superb management of the situation by NZ. A genuine chance of smallpoxing the virus. Borders will need to stay shut however, so tourist attractions might need to set realistic prices and encourage NZers to see the attractions. It’s an advantage to be remote islands during a contagious world pandemic.
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Apr 9, 2020 4:38 PM
RNZ Live
The Government is relaxing the lockdown restrictions on golf courses, bowling greens and sport stadiums to allow turf to be maintained.
The new guidelines - which will come into effect after Easter - come after sporting bodies warned that millions of dollars of damage would be done to grounds without maintenance.
Nurseries and garden centres will also be allowed to care for their plants.
Sensible.
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@Godder No one can be sure what would have happened if we had not taken the measures we had or if we had employed a different strategy, but those Covid numbers are very heartening, and hold the promise of the lockdown not extending any further than 4 weeks