Lockdown 2021
Government confirmed the Covid-19 variant infecting people in the North Shore was closely matched to Covid found in a recent returnee from Sydney in managed isolation.
“Now we can be fairly certain how and when the virus came into the country,” Ardern said. ↓↓
That person arrived on August 7 – meaning it was unlikely the disease had been spreading for weeks, as was earlier feared.
Five community vaccination centres in Auckland are closed today because staff have been diverted to help at Covid-19 testing centres.
Manurewa, Ōtara, Westgate, and Tamaki are open for vaccination.
The closed centres are Birkenhead, Highbrook, Pukekohe and Takanini. Almost all general practices remain open.
Yet the high number of locations visited by the community cases, and the infectiousness of the Delta strain, mean New Zealand is not out of the woods.
To Do!
Highlight (in yellow), the suffixes in all the underlined words above.
One of the underlined words also has a prefix. Which word is that? Unlikely
Remembering that a compound word is made up of 2 (sometimes more) base words (e.g. grandfather; into) find 5 compound words in the text above
i) Highbrook ii) Birkenhead iii) Timeline
iv) Outbreak v) Westgate
5. Highlight (in blue) capital/uppercase letters that begin proper nouns in the text (e.g. Auckland). Do not highlight capital/uppercase letters that begin sentences/statements/questions.
6. Highlight (in red) a quote from the Prime Minister (clue: you will spot speech/quotation marks).
7. Based on the reporting about Covid, find your own words and write 5 sentences about how this lockdown has been for you.
This Lockdown has been really tough because I'm stuck at home and I can’t go anywhere. Also it's really sad for those people who have covid and are dying from it . I have mixed emotions , so half of me is happy we are on lockdown but then half of me is not because I won't be able to see my friends or family . The weird thing is that we have to go on a zoom call with our class but it feels different because we normally don't do this and it just gives me mixed emotions .
