Auckland will move to alert level 2 at midnight today, despite a third new community case of Covid-19 being announced. The rest of the country will move to alert level 1. The Prime Minister has just made the announcement at a press conference alongside director general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield. Cabinet met this afternoon to review alert level settings this afternoon, she said, before handing over to Bloomfield without providing further details. Her expectation was if we were in a similar position then it was likely there'll be another drop in alert levels.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 17, 2021 03:45 UTC