A dire warning for New Zealand
Covid-19: Stay-home orders, school closures possible if Omicron spreads Stay-at-home orders and closing schools and shops could be enforced under the traffic light system if Omicron or another variant of Covid-19 was to widely spread. While Delta remains the dominant variant worldwide, Omicron is spreading rapidly, and has become the dominant variant in England, the United States, and South Africa. When Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield announced the first case of Omicron in managed isolation on December 16, he did not rule out the possibility…
