The Government yesterday said all regions in the red Covid-19 response setting, except Northland, will move to the less restrictive orange mode at 11.59pm on December 30. "We've done everything we can, yet we're stuck at a restrictive red light while modellers promote wild extremes of forecasts and count the days of an infection cycle." Ardern on orange movesArdern said recent daily case numbers were lower than the roughly 200 modellers in early November had expected. Plank was unsurprised Northland was staying at red, as the region was vulnerable to Covid-19 spreading to remote and vulnerable communities. National Party leader Chris Luxon said the Government should move Auckland to orange immediately, not in another two-and-a-half weeks.

Source: New Zealand Herald December 14, 2021 06:29 UTC