{"id":35140,"date":"2021-08-13T13:14:19","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T04:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/commentisfree\/2021\/aug\/13\/sticking-to-a-covid-elimination-strategy-keeps-new-zealands-options-open"},"modified":"2021-08-13T13:14:19","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T04:14:19","slug":"sticking-to-a-covid-19-elimination-strategy-keeps-new-zealands-options-open-michael-baker-amanda-kvalsvig-and-nick-wilson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=35140","title":{"rendered":"Sticking to a Covid-19 elimination strategy keeps New Zealand\u2019s options open | Michael Baker, Amanda Kvalsvig and Nick Wilson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The approach buys the country time to get a better understanding of the virus\u2019 impact on people\u2019s long-term health and on children<\/p>\n<p>Aotearoa New Zealand\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.govt.nz\/reconnecting-new-zealand-to-the-world\/\">new national strategy<\/a> for loosening border restrictions closely follows scientific advice from an expert panel that was specifically <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/aug\/11\/new-zealand-should-take-phased-approach-to-border-reopening-experts-advise\">asked to advise on the future of New Zealand\u2019s elimination strategy<\/a> and phased loosening of border controls.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/371\/bmj.m4907\">Covid-19 elimination<\/a> has been the dominant strategy for a number of jurisdictions across the Asia-Pacific region, including New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Australia. This approach contrasts with the suppression and mitigation strategies of Europe and North America.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/commentisfree\/2021\/aug\/13\/sticking-to-a-covid-elimination-strategy-keeps-new-zealands-options-open\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The approach buys the country time to get a better understanding of the virus\u2019 impact on people\u2019s long-term health and on childrenAotearoa New Zealand\u2019s new national strategy for loosening border restrictions closely follows scientific advice from an e&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2381,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,1066,56,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-coronavirus","category-new-zealand","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2381"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35141,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35140\/revisions\/35141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}