new zealand government response to the covid 19 pandemic
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New Zealand Abandons Covid-Zero Strategy, Leaving Few Countries Still Pursuing Virus Elimination
New Zealand will abandon its strategy of completely eliminating covid-19 from the country, adopting a new policy of learning to live with the virus and trying to achieve high vaccination rates, according to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at a press conference on Monday.
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New Zealand Goes Into Lockdown After First Mystery Case of Covid-19 Since February
The government of New Zealand announced Tuesday the entire country will go into lockdown after the first mystery case of covid-19 since February was detected in the city of Auckland. The whole country will go into lockdown for at least three days, with the cities of Auckland and Coromandel locking down for seven days.