Beach and bubbles: Auckland restrictions to loosen

Beach and bubbles: Auckland restrictions to loosen
Aucklanders will be able to move around the city. (Image: Getty)
Rebecca Howard
Lockdown restrictions will be gradually eased in Auckland over the coming weeks in a series of steps as New Zealand looks to “control” the virus, prime minister Jacinda Ardern announced.Cabinet will review each step weekly to ensure it’s safe to move before confirming the next step. The wage subsidy will remain in place.Notably, she dropped the use of the word elimination.According to Ardern, “vaccines were always going to change the way we manage covid-19 into the future”.“Our strategy has worked and will re...

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