New Zealand is well prepared for the discovery of new coronavirus variants that may be resistant to vaccines, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, including the strain currently spreading in South Africa
"All of our planning around COVID, we have built into it the possibility of variants in the future," Ardern said in an interview for the upcoming"That is why we are maintaining levels of public health protections. It's why we've maintained requirements at our border."in South Africa with a spike protein that was dramatically different to the one in the original coronavirus that COVID-19 vaccines are based on.
Ardern's government, under mounting pressure from the tourism industry and other businesses, announced earlier this week it wouldNew Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks at a news conference on the coronavirus pandemic in Wellington, New Zealand, February 17, 2021. REUTERS/Praveen Menon/File Photo
"With all our changes, we constantly monitor what is happening with the pandemic as we go and we'll continue to do that," she added. Ardern also said New Zealand had already benefited from being able to observe seasonal impacts of the coronavirus in other countries.
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