New Zealand queries virus approach as Delta outbreak grows

New Zealand on Sunday (Aug 22) conceded its ambitious "COVID zero" elimination strategy may no longer be viable and an outbreak of the virulent Delta variant spread further.

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COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins reported a further 21 cases in a virus cluster that emerged in Auckland last week, ending a six-month run of no local cases and sparking a national lockdown.

Hipkins said Delta's highly transmissible nature was making this outbreak more difficult to contain than others, raising "big questions" about the elimination strategy.

"The scale of infectiousness and the speed at which the virus has spread is something that, despite all the best preparations in the world, has put our system under strain," he told TVNZ.

New Zealand's widely praised COVID-19 response - which has resulted in just 26 deaths in a population of 5 million - centres on eliminating the virus from the community.

It has relied on strict border controls backed by hard lockdowns when any cases do slip through, but Hipkins said Delta may force a rethink.

"(Delta's) like nothing we've dealt with before in this pandemic," he said.