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    From Gordon@21:1/5 to All on Tue Aug 29 07:55:17 2023
    https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-12/timeline-coronavirus-lockdown-december-2021.pdf

    According to this page, 26 March 2020 was the start of the first lockdown
    in the UK.

    NZ PM annoced the lockdown on 23 March 2020, to take affect on Thursday 25th 2020 (Wednesday midnight).

    Cases had started to increase with there being 283 cases by the time the
    lock down started.

    Now we can argue that the lockdown should have started earlier but the WHO
    was also in a delay mode before it called the pandemic, (March 11 I think
    from memory).

    The PDF is interesting, as will remind one of the events we lived through.

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to Gordon on Tue Aug 29 22:11:45 2023
    On 29 Aug 2023 07:55:17 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-12/timeline-coronavirus-lockdown-december-2021.pdf

    According to this page, 26 March 2020 was the start of the first lockdown
    in the UK.

    NZ PM annoced the lockdown on 23 March 2020, to take affect on Thursday 25th >2020 (Wednesday midnight).

    Cases had started to increase with there being 283 cases by the time the
    lock down started.

    Now we can argue that the lockdown should have started earlier but the WHO >was also in a delay mode before it called the pandemic, (March 11 I think >from memory).

    The PDF is interesting, as will remind one of the events we lived through.

    Thank you Gordon - a timeline for New Zealand is here: https://covid19.govt.nz/about-our-covid-19-response/history-of-the-covid-19-alert-system/#timeline-of-key-events

    28 February 2020
    First COVID-19 case reported in New Zealand.

    14 March 2020
    The Government announces anyone entering New Zealand must self-isolate
    for 14 days, except those arriving from the Pacific.

    19 March 2020
    All indoor gatherings of more than 100 people are to be cancelled.
    Borders close to all but New Zealand citizens and permanent residents.

    21 March 2020
    The Government introduces the 4-tiered Alert Level system to help
    combat COVID-19. The Prime Minister announces that New Zealand is at
    Alert Level 2.


    Mon 23 March 2020
    At 1:30pm the Prime Minister announces New Zealand has moved to Alert
    Level 3, effective immediately. In 48 hours, New Zealand will move to
    Alert Level 4.


    25 March 2020
    At 11:59pm, New Zealand moves to Alert Level 4, and the entire nation
    goes into self-isolation. A State of National Emergency is declared at
    12:21pm.

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  • From Willy Nilly@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Wed Aug 30 03:31:24 2023
    On Tue, 29 Aug 2023, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    25 March 2020
    At 11:59pm, New Zealand moves to Alert Level 4, and the entire nation
    goes into self-isolation. A State of National Emergency is declared at >12:21pm.

    All we had to do, was to do nothing. But we couldn't manage even
    that...

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  • From John Bowes@21:1/5 to Willy Nilly on Tue Aug 29 22:55:48 2023
    On Wednesday, August 30, 2023 at 3:31:59 PM UTC+12, Willy Nilly wrote:
    On Tue, 29 Aug 2023, Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote:
    25 March 2020
    At 11:59pm, New Zealand moves to Alert Level 4, and the entire nation
    goes into self-isolation. A State of National Emergency is declared at >12:21pm.
    All we had to do, was to do nothing. But we couldn't manage even
    that...
    About the only time Labour doing nothing would have been good for the country. Not like all the other times they've done nothing but talk about problems since Winston gave them the government!

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