NZ Pandemic Strategy In Doubt Amid Delta Spread
The arrival of the Delta strain in New Zealand has prompted the country’s COVID-19 response minister to question the efficacy of its ambitious elimination strategy - an approach that has been the backbone of the country’s pandemic response.Chris Hipkins told current affairs programme Q+A on Sunday that Delta raised “big questions about the long-term future of our plans”.“Delta does raise some big questions that we’re going to have to grapple with, you know less than a 24-hour period for someo