The health minister says alert level 3 restrictions in Auckland are helping get to the bottom of the cluster and the city would not go into level 4. Health Minister Chris Hipkins said serology tests were used but not routinely. Hipkins ruled out Auckland moving to alert level 4. Covid-19 border controls were front and centre on Tuesday in the first sitting of Parliament since the postponement of the election. Collins said Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern should take responsibility, first for letting David Clark stay on as health minister for three months, and then appointing Chris Hipkins – who already holds several portfolios – as the new minister.

Source: Stuff August 18, 2020 21:52 UTC