【COVID-19•政府政策】关闭边境领先英美，卫生体系升级全面
2020年4月7日 11:50卫生部长大卫·克拉克博士（Hon Dr. David Clark）3月31日在向新成立的传染病应对委员会（Epidemic Response Committee）汇报工作时，概述了升级扩大医疗卫生体系以应对新冠病毒的工作。
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下列附表显示了从首例确诊病例出现至边境关闭的天数。注意此处所引用的新西兰数据为首例新冠病毒确诊时间，而非首例疑似病例出现时间，这样更容易与其他国家数据做比较并与其他相关国家统计标准统一。
新西兰在第一例病例确定之后20天后（即第一例疑似病例25天后）关闭了边境；美国用了58天；英国55天；澳大利亚55天；加拿大51天。新西兰在第一例出现后18天推出了经济援助计划，而大部分其他国家用了40天左右。”
卫生部长大卫·克拉克博士（Hon Dr. David Clark）3月31日在向新成立的传染病应对委员会（Epidemic Response Committee）汇报工作时，概述了升级扩大医疗卫生体系以应对新冠病毒的工作。
“我们在控制新冠病毒方面准备的很好。我们及早而果断地采取了边境管制措施，这为我们争取了宝贵的时间来完善应对计划，做好应对准备。”部长说。
【COVID-19•政府政策】
卫生人员进驻机场，防患于未然
“我们从1月就开始测试新冠病毒，现在每天可以完成3300次测试，并将继续增加，即便国际上对测试过程中使用的产品有强烈的需求。”
“用于传染追踪的投入已超过$4000万新西兰元。自1月底以来，我们将健康热线（Healthline）的员工人数增至500人以上，翻了三倍并仍将继续增加。”
【COVID-19疫情•政府最新政策】
$5亿医疗专款注入，强化防疫能力
“在基本医疗产业方面，我们迅速采取行动，建立了49个检测中心，可以对有症状的人进行安全的测试。另外还有61个中心正在建设中，会使检测中心数量翻一倍。”
“我们向所有家庭医生诊所提供了个人防护装备，以保护医生，护士和其他员工的健康安全。上周国家储备向地方医管局发送了640,000个口罩，而今天（3月31日），卫生部宣布将使用个人防护装备的国家储备，以便在未来几周内提供700万只口罩。在48小时内，我们将向地方医管局发放120万只口罩，以便为社区工作人员提供口罩。”
【COVID-19•政府政策】
口罩充足，分发到位
【COVID-19•政府政策】
政府全力支持一线工作人员，家医、药剂得保护
“公立医院中，我们有呼吸机533台，在私家医院和其他组织中还另外有247台。我们也从海外订购了更多的呼吸机。基督城医院也抓紧完成了36间重症监护室。”
【COVID-19•政府政策】
抗击疫情，基督城医院海格利重症监护室即将开放
“我们目前有大约2500名训练有素的重症监护护士，而各地医管局也设置了课程，温习回顾，培训新人，以备不时之需。”
“很幸运我们有如此敬业和专业的医生，护士，助产士，实验室科学家，精神健康工作者和联合卫生工作者。他们每天都兢兢业业地保护着民众的健康安全，在这场与病毒的战役中，他们的付出是不可估量的。”
“这是全球性的传染病。出现的首例死亡病例使我们更清楚地认识到这种疾病的可怕，而我们并无法幸免。但是我们已经做好了充分的准备。我们将按照计划步步为营，竭尽所能确保民众的健康安全，确保国家尽快走出这病毒的阴霾。”
（以上为简译，仅供参考，具体内容请见原文）
英文原文
Health system scaled up to prepare for COVID-19
Work to scale up the health system in preparation for COVID-19 was today outlined by Health Minister David Clark, as he reported back to the new Epidemic Response Committee.
“We are well placed to contain the spread of COVID-19. We have taken early and decisive action at our borders, and that swift action has given us valuable time to refine our plan, and increase our preparedness,” said David Clark.
“Since January we have ramped up our testing capacity to 3300 tests per day. That is expected to grow, even in the face of strong international demand for the products used in the testing process.
“More than $40 million has gone towards contact tracing and we have quadrupled Healthline’s workforce since the end of January, to over than 500 staff working on COVID-19. We expect staff numbers to continue to increase.
“In Primary Care, we’ve moved quickly, and have already established 49 Community Based Assessment Centres, where people who have symptoms of COVID-19 can safely be tested. Another 61 Centres are in the works, doubling the number of sites available.
“All GP clinics have also been supplied Personal Protective Equipment, to help protect our GPs, nurses and other staff. Just last week 640,000 face masks were sent to DHBs from the National Reserve Supply and today, it was announced that the Ministry of Health was opening its national reserves of personal protective equipment to make 7 million masks available over coming weeks. The Ministry will begin an initial distribution of 1.2 million masks from the national stock to DHBs within the next 48 hours, so they are able to get masks to community health and disability workers who need them.
“Across our Public Hospitals we have access to 533 ventilators with another 247 in private hospitals and other organisations. More ventilators are on order from overseas. I also announced yesterday that we are fast tracking 36 new intensive care beds at Christchurch Hospital.
“We currently have around 2,500 trained ICU/Critical Care nurses and DHBs are already running refresher courses and training new staff to care for ventilated patients, should that be needed.
“We are fortunate to have such dedicated and professional doctors, nurses, midwives, laboratory scientists, mental health workers and allied health workers. These people provide outstanding care for New Zealanders day in, day out. And we are asking so much of them as we combat COVID-19.
“This a global pandemic. As has been clear with our first death from COVID-19 on Sunday we are not immune to the terrible impacts of this disease. But we are well prepared. We will continue to work to our plan, and continue to do all that we can to keep people safe and well - and ensure that our country bounces back as quickly as possible”, said David Clark.
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