The New Zealand government has been praised internationally and this includes praise from the World Health Organisation (WHO) for their swift action and stance against the Covid-19 Virus. A substantial decrease in numbers, allowed the government to loosen the lockdown rules and regulations for its residents.
On the 20th April, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the end of their strict 4-week lockdown. New Zealanders were relieved to know that as of the 27 April they would be moving to Level 3. This meant more leeway to move around which included swimming, surfing and fishing from shore.
Over the last few days, the country has seen a steady decline in new cases with only 1 new case in the last 2 days. Prime Minister Ardern plans on easing the COVID lockdown even more. On Monday 11 May New Zealand’s cabinet will be making a decision on downgrading from level 3 to level 2 which will be implemented on Wednesday 13 May should they decide to proceed.
Under level 2 more businesses will be able to open and operate, New Zealanders will be allowed gatherings of up to 100 people. Restaurants and Bars will be allowed to accept customers, domestic travel will be allowed and competitive sport will be permitted to resume. Even hairdressers and barbers will be allowed to start trading again. Of cause, this all goes without saying that strict social distancing and hygiene practices should still be maintained.
Although this is great news for the residents and economy of New Zealand the Prime Minister advised that freedom of level 2 might not all come at once. Therefore level 2 will come in stages, high-risk businesses and social gatherings might be held back and slowly released as the government monitors the COVID situation in the country. Even though there has been a substantial decrease in the number of infections the Government will be proceeding with caution as they do not want to get carried away as an increase of Covid-19 cases would result in another lockdown.
To read more about New Zealand’s lockdown levels click here: https://covid19.govt.nz/assets/resources/tables/COVID-19-alert-levels-summary.pdf
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