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### Viewing cable 09WELLINGTON229, DATA COLLECTION OF NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS RE

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    UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 WELLINGTON 000229

    SENSITIVE
    SIPDIS
    STATE PASS TO DEPT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL

    E.O. 12958: N/A
    TAGS: AR AS BC BL BR CI EC FJ ID NZ PA PE PGOV PREL SF
    SOCI, TBIO, UY, WA
    SUBJECT: DATA COLLECTION OF NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS RE
    H1N1

    REF: A: 09 STATE 73971; B: 09 WELLINGTON 213; C: 09 WELLINGTON 177

    1)  (SBU)  The Government of New Zealand (GNZ) has responded to
    H1N1 Influenza A aggressively since the virus was first detected
    here in April 2009 as reported by Post SitReps, cables (see reftel
    B and C) and emails since late April. GNZ's initial intervention
    program was a comprehensive containment policy that sought to delay
    community transmission for as long as possible.  Containment seemed
    to delay community transmission from taking root until late June.

    2)  (U)  The following is a list of public health interventions
    instituted by the Government and public health authorities as a
    part of the Containment Strategy in place since April 2009 (reftel
    C).

    *         The NZ Ministry of Health (MoH) warned citizens and
    visitors to take standard flu season precautions back in April to
    prevent the spread of the virus.  This included precautions to stay
    at least a meter distant from those exhibiting symptoms, wash hands
    regularly and cover coughs.  Persons who suspected that they had
    H1N1 were asked to stay at home and call a doctor instead of
    visiting an office where other people might become infected.
    Government workers were advised to practice 'social distance' to
    avoid spreading illness.

    *         MoH instituted a robust border check program where all
    inbound visitors and citizens were informed of H1N1 and its
    symptoms.  Visitors and citizens were required to fill out locator
    forms in case they were later determined to be at risk of having
    the virus due to contact with other confirmed cases.  In the
    meantime, all suspected cases were swabbed and tested, at ports of
    entry and at clinics and hospitals.

    *         All suspected and confirmed cases, as well as those in
    close contact with confirmed cases were immediately asked to
    self-isolate (the Government assisted visitors to NZ with this by
    providing for hotel rooms at the expense of the Crown), and were
    provided with a course of Tamiflu free of charge.  These cases were
    visited by a health official when possible to follow up.  All
    confirmed cases until late June were clearly connected with
    international travel.

    *         Vaccination for seasonal Influenza was urged by the
    government to reduce strain on the healthcare system. The shot was
    made free to all NZ citizens to encourage vaccination in late June.

    *         School closures had been under discussion since April
    when the first cases NZ were detected in a group of students
    returning from Mexico. There have been no full school closures to
    date, although a few schools have requested that whole classes stay
    at home for a week.

    *         In reaction to the continuing spread of the virus, H1N1
    Influenza A was made a notifiable disease on June 8, 2009.

    3)  (U)  After sustained community transmission was detected and
    H1N1 was not as severe as previously feared, MoH moved on from
    Containment to Management of the pandemic. Management consists of
    focused care on those who are at high risk of severe illness
    resulting from H1N1, requesting the population self-treat what will
    be a mostly mild to moderate illness, and boosting resources to
    regional health authorities.  Tamiflu is still available at
    pharmacies to those in the general public that exhibit flu-like

    WELLINGTON 00000229  002 OF 002

    symptoms for around NZ$75.  The retroviral drug is no longer being
    freely distributed to all suspected and confirmed cases.  This is
    the response strategy currently in place as H1N1 makes its way
    through the population, and supersedes Containment protocols in
    terms of Tamiflu distribution and swabbing for tests.

    4)  (U)  In 2006, the NZ Treasury modeled the economic impact of a
    'mild' influenza pandemic  on the economy at 0.7 percent of GDP.
    In a July 3 2009 paper, the NZ Treasury revised its projection and
    stated that the impact from the current influence is likely to be
    "much less than the lower bound of 0.7 percent of GDP as modeled in
    the 2006 Treasury paper".  Current NZ GDP is NZD 132 billion.

    5)  (SBU)  Comment.  NZ's containment strategy is only possible
    because there are very few ports of entry into the country to
    screen, and because the population is relatively small.  The NZ
    public has mostly heeded advice from the government to contain H1N1
    transmission. This has likely assisted in delaying sustained
    community transmission of H1N1 until June.  As noted in reftel B,
    GNZ has made efficient use of available resources to combat the
    spread of the virus by actively informing the general population
    with key advice, focusing resources on those that are likely to
    become severely ill and managing the load on the national
    healthcare system by encouraging vaccination for seasonal flu.
    Some health districts are concerned about heavy demand pushing
    hospital resources to the limit, but there have been no reported
    problems as of yet.  GNZ's task has been made far easier by the
    small size of the NZ general population and the ability of the
    Government to react quickly. End comment.
    WALSH

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