Wiles was responding to comments from Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield, who raised the possibility of a stricter Level 1 during a press conference on Monday. READ MORE:* Hello, I'm doing terribly - An ode to wallowing during Covid-19, take two* Coronavirus: Alert level 1.5? Masks, social distancing among considerations, Bloomfield suggests* Could NZ experience ‘lockdown fatigue’? Because what I sense is all New Zealanders would prefer that we stayed in Alert Level 1 and would be prepared to, perhaps, modify what our behaviours are in Alert Level 1. It is unclear what the parameters of a stricter Level 1 might look like.

Source: Stuff August 19, 2020 19:30 UTC