Wednesday delivered positive news for the Auckland-centered outbreak with just 15 new community cases there, down from 20 the day before. It brought the outbreak total to 855 cases - 17 in Wellington and the rest in Auckland. But Auckland businesses wanted to know if they would also get help when Auckland moved down to alert level 2. But New Zealand's businesses had been open more days in the past 18 months than almost anywhere in the world. Otago University international health expert, Professor Philip Hill told Hosking this morning that the Delta Covid strain had changed things in terms of international travel.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 08, 2021 17:01 UTC