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NZ virus strategy dangerous: health chief – Education – Australian Associated Press
Acting Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly has labelled New Zealand’s decision to lift coronavirus restrictions dangerous as the country deals with a new outbreak.
Australia’s top health official says New Zealand’s decision to lift coronavirus restrictions after seemingly squashing the disease was dangerous.
Acting Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly said on Friday that New Zealand returned to pre-pandemic life after eradicating the virus.
“That is just very dangerous,” he told the Senate’s coronavirus inquiry.
“To go right back to a pre-COVID state makes them extremely vulnerable.”
Professor Kelly said New Zealand’s fresh outbreak, which has spread to 30…
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