itey:
87% of eligible Aucklanders have had first vaccination, 65% fully vaccinated. At a guess there will be 90% vaccinated after "Super Saturday". The govt is dropping the ball by not having a clear strategy going forward
While they haven't written it down all in one place, it is clear to me that the Auckland Strategy is:
1) Vaccinate like hell and get an many of the missing population groups up as fast as possible.
The protection of 80% double dosed (plus 14 more days for the vaccine to take full effect) is at least a month away.
2) By end of November:
Open a Auckland to a 2.5 delta with shops and hospitality open with number limits (assuming daily covid cases increases flatten out at some point (or fall) - R number near or below one).
Open Auckland Schools with bubbles (as early as they feel they can safely do this).
3) The border with the rest of NZ and Auckland stays for as long as it is effective and the rest of NZ hasn't caught up in vaccinations.
Wouldn't surprise me that there is a border until after the 5+ jabs get done if they get approval this year (say comes down during Feb) assuming it holds somehow.
4) Home Isolation in Auckland for most is also in the plan and coming soon (2 weeks away max IMHO).
I'm not sure why they haven't spelt this out clearly.
They don't want to scare people, or maybe don't feel it is good to be locked into a plan yet??