There are 182 Covid-19 cases today as the Government meets to decide on the traffic light system and a new variant of the virus starts to spread in more countries. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will be meeting Cabinet ahead of this afternoon's major announcement that is expected to see the country move into the new Covid protection traffic light system. Yesterday's new case in the Hawke's Bay has been linked to an Auckland case and is now isolating in a community isolation facility. Epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker says news of a new Covid-19 variant, Omicron, was depressing. Photo / Alex RobertsonHe said today's expected announcement on the move into the traffic light system would help give assurance to people who were vaccinated.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 28, 2021 23:32 UTC