OPINION: British columnist Matthew Lesh, writing in The Telegraph , claimed Jacinda Ardern was trapped in her "arrogant Zero Covid policy”. READ MORE:* We need a vaccination target to avoid lockdowns, and we need it now* ScoMo is right. We can't stay hidden forever* Covid-19: Cases among essential workers could spell end of elimination strategyFirst, through its elimination strategy, New Zealand has one of the lowest Covid-19 mortality rates in the world – 5 deaths per million. In fact, our elimination strategy in its focus on community transmission is more practical than this. Lesh claims that New Zealand’s vaccination centres were closed down because of the lockdown.

Source: Stuff August 31, 2021 22:18 UTC