The New Zealand government announced today (Saturday) a series of tightening restrictions on those infected with corona and their families and the isolation period has been extended to more than two weeks for those infected with the virus.
The decision comes after the exposure of several cases of community infection in the Omicron variant, which arrived in the country last week.
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Arden has ordered that the isolation days for the virus be positive for two weeks, while the household members of the infected will be charged an additional ten days in isolation, which will increase the isolation period for them to 24 days.
This is the strictest isolation requirement in the world, with many countries shortening the isolation period to a few days.
In the past day, 83 new cases of corona have been recorded across New Zealand, most of which are apparently not of the Omicron variant.
New Zealand's rigid entry policy has meant that the variant has not yet reached the country significantly and the rate of infection remains significantly lower.
The rigid isolationist policy has been widely criticized in the New Zealand political system.
"The result is that if you have been declared positive for the virus, your family members will have to be isolated for almost a month. People who cannot afford this decision financially may simply not get tested. This is contrary to the purpose of the whole idea," said David Simir, chairman of the Act Party. "And Member of Parliament in Wellington.
New Zealand has been relatively negligibly affected by the corona plague from other countries in the world.
During all corona waves in the country, 15,479 people became infected with the virus and only 52 died as a result of corona disease.
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