‘Oku taupotu ‘i lalo ha fakamatala fakaTonga
There were 12,277 new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand in the week to midnight on Sunday and a further 30 deaths.
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The 30 people added to the Covid-19 death tally brings the total number of deaths from the disease to 2792.
The number of people with the virus in hospital was 249 with 12 in intensive care.
Last week 11,063 new cases of Covid-19 were reported and a further 26 deaths were attributed to the virus.
The World Health Organisation has declared that Covid-19 no longer represents a “global health emergency”.
The organisation said the virus was now an established and ongoing health issue that no longer constituted a public health emergency of international concern.
WHO head Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the official estimate was that at least 7 million people died in the pandemic but the true figure was likely closer to 20m deaths and he warned that the virus remained a significant threat.
New ZealandĀ epidemiologist Michael BakerĀ said the WHO decision was the right move and global status change made sense at this stage but it made no practical difference to how countries managed the infection.
FAKAMATALA FAKATONGA
Ko e keisi foāou āe 12,277 āo e Koviti-19 āi Nuāu Sila āi he uike ne lele mai ngata he tuāua po Sapate.
Ne mate ai ha toko 30 pea āalu hake ai āa e fika fakakatoa āo e mate he Koviti āi Nuāu Sila ni ki he toko 2792.
Ko e tokolahi āo e kakai mo e vailasi āi falemahaki ko e toko 249 āo āi ai āa e toko 12 āi he āinitenisivikea.
Uike kuo osi ne iai āa e keisi foou āe toko 11,063 naāe lipooti pea mo he toko 26 ne mate tupu mei he vailasi.
Kuo fakaha foki āe he Kautaha Moāui āa Mamani kuo ikai toe hoko a e Koviti-19 ko ha mahaki ke tokanga fakavavevave ki ai āa mamani.
Pehe āe he kautaha kuo āosi lava he taimi ni āo tali pea kei hokohoko atu āo āikai ko ha toe āisiu ke fai ha hohaāa fakavavevave fakamamani ki ai.
Pehe e he ulu o e WHO Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus ko e fakaofiofi fakaofisiale kuo mate āa e toko 7 miliona he Koviti ka ko e fika totonu oku āi he 20 miliona. Pea ne fakatokanga āoku kei fuāu fakatuāutamaki pe āa e vailasi.
Kuo pehe āe he taukei epitemolosisi āa Nuāu Sila Michael Baker ko e tuāutuāuni taimi totonu pe āeni āa WHO pea āuhinga lelei pe āa hono liliu āo e tukunga fakakolope he taimi ni pea ko e toki meāa pe ia ki he ngaahi fonua ke nau tokangaāi e pipihi āa e mahaki.
