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There was growing debate among officials and academics about the terminology that should be used for New Zealand's status in relation to the coronavirus spread, with some saying"elimination" would not allow for recurrent small numbers of cases. They point to the fact that the country reported five new cases and one death yesterday.
"When I talk about elimination it does not mean zero cases, it means zero tolerance for cases," Ardern said."The idea of COVID being completely gone, that is eradication - so there are important differences there." New Zealand is maintaining several social distancing policies despite the step down in the alert level with malls pubs, hairdressers and other public shopping areas to stay shut for at least another two weeks.Siouxsie Wiles, a microbiologist and associate professor at the University of Auckland, was among those warning the virus could return if lockdown measures were eased too quickly.
"If we turn our backs for a minute, we’ll be on the path to a serious outbreak once again. And we’ve seen this happen overseas," Wiles wrote in a column on the online news site The Spinoff.
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