Level 1 as early as June 10, PM signals

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Under pressure to relax lockdown rules from both political allies and foes alike, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern this morning signalled New Zealand could be out of alert level 2 as early as Wednesday next week, June 10. "We could be, yes indeed," she told RNZ's Morning Report programme this morning. "As long as we keep seeing the results we're seeing now." She said the country's progress in its strategy to eliminate covid-19 appeared to be going better than previous most optimistic scenarios and the possibility of an earlier shift to alert...

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