New Zealand Covid deaths soar to RECORD
high as Omicron wreaks havoc: Scientists
claim nation is vulnerable because it
spent too long under 'hermit' China-style
eradication strategy
Posted By: Ribicon, 7/22/2022 11:22:46 AM
Covid death rates have reached pandemic highs in New Zealand as the country battles another havoc-inducing Omicron wave. Weekly virus fatalities hit 151 in the seven days ending July 16, compared to 115 in the worst week of the previous flare-up in March, according to Health Ministry data. It means the country's current mortality rate is twice as high as the UK's and four times higher than the US.(Snip)Jacinda Ardern's Government dropped its zero-Covid policy, which saw the nation nicknamed a 'hermit kingdom', last year once the population was largely vaccinated, with eight in 10 people now double-jabbed. Since then, the virus has spread.
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The more vaxxed they are, the higher the death rate. Not much of a vaccine, is it?