Coronavirus -How New Zealand got its coffees and fries back
New Zealand Covid -19
Coffee and fast food seemed to be the first thing on the mind of New Zealand people as the country emerged from almost five weeks of strict lockdown.
The alert level has shifted to level three, allowing takeaway food shops and some non-essential business to re-open.
And it wasn't long before queues formed in front of coffee shops and McDonald's outlets as people rushed out.
That cup of coffee tasted amazing and I felt a sense of normality come back into my life,said one coffee lover.
Nothing beats a skilled barista making you coffee, Victoria Howe, who is based in Auckland.
Dr Samantha Keene a New Zealander based in Wellington agreed, saying the ability to get a coffee and a scone made by someone else after weeks of doing it myself was a real gift.
But it was the re-opening of McDonald's that got people most excited - with local media speaking to one Auckland resident who said he arrived at 04:00PM.
Pictures online showed queues of cars and people posing with their fast food and families.
Don't congregate at cafes:-
But though the curve appears to have flattened, New Zealand's top health expert already warned against people congregating outside public spaces.
Like many people returning to work today, I have enjoyed a takeaway coffee. However it is really important not to congregate outside the cafes, the carpark of takeaway places like McDonald's. We do not want to see the sort of rebound we have seen in other countries said Dr Ashley Bloomfield.
Restrictions In New Zealand:-
Under the level three alert, a notch below its highest alert level - people have still been told to stay at home and work at home if they can but businesses are allowed to open if they can provide contactless service.
Schools are also allowed to re-open but will have to ensure social distancing rules are followed. Mass gatherings however, remain cancelled and public venues closed.
What did New Zealand do perfect?
New Zealand's apparent success in containing the virus has been attributed to its early and sweeping actions.
It closed its borders:-
New Zealand brought in some of the toughest restrictions in the world on travel and activity on 19 March, early on in the global pandemic.
That helped stop cases being brought in from overseas 33% of New Zealand's cases were imported.
As Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said at the time: We only have 102 cases, but so did Italy once.
If you look at neighbouring Australia, two-thirds of its cases came from overseas,Prof Sanjaya Senanayake of the Australian National University told.
So it was really important to close the borders and it did that very effectively.
The alert level has shifted to level three, allowing takeaway food shops and some non-essential business to re-open.
And it wasn't long before queues formed in front of coffee shops and McDonald's outlets as people rushed out.
That cup of coffee tasted amazing and I felt a sense of normality come back into my life,said one coffee lover.
Nothing beats a skilled barista making you coffee, Victoria Howe, who is based in Auckland.
Dr Samantha Keene a New Zealander based in Wellington agreed, saying the ability to get a coffee and a scone made by someone else after weeks of doing it myself was a real gift.
But it was the re-opening of McDonald's that got people most excited - with local media speaking to one Auckland resident who said he arrived at 04:00PM.
Pictures online showed queues of cars and people posing with their fast food and families.
Don't congregate at cafes:-
But though the curve appears to have flattened, New Zealand's top health expert already warned against people congregating outside public spaces.
Like many people returning to work today, I have enjoyed a takeaway coffee. However it is really important not to congregate outside the cafes, the carpark of takeaway places like McDonald's. We do not want to see the sort of rebound we have seen in other countries said Dr Ashley Bloomfield.
Restrictions In New Zealand:-
Under the level three alert, a notch below its highest alert level - people have still been told to stay at home and work at home if they can but businesses are allowed to open if they can provide contactless service.
Schools are also allowed to re-open but will have to ensure social distancing rules are followed. Mass gatherings however, remain cancelled and public venues closed.
What did New Zealand do perfect?
New Zealand's apparent success in containing the virus has been attributed to its early and sweeping actions.
It closed its borders:-
New Zealand brought in some of the toughest restrictions in the world on travel and activity on 19 March, early on in the global pandemic.
That helped stop cases being brought in from overseas 33% of New Zealand's cases were imported.
As Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said at the time: We only have 102 cases, but so did Italy once.
If you look at neighbouring Australia, two-thirds of its cases came from overseas,Prof Sanjaya Senanayake of the Australian National University told.
So it was really important to close the borders and it did that very effectively.
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