Little Savanna owner Margie Holmes is hopeful for a swift end to the lockdown, but says even a short closure is devastating for hospitality businesses. (File photo)Manawatū businesses are hoping a short, sharp lockdown will contain an outbreak of the Delta variant without extended restrictions. The country moved to alert level 4 at short notice this week leaving non-essential businesses in hospitality, retail and construction closed and worried about lost revenue and potential security issues. “Because I don’t think we’re going from level 4 straight to 1.”His nightclub, The Daily, won’t reopen at any higher alert level. While banks remained open the last time the shopping centre went to alert level 4, the government had since taken them off the essential services list, he said.

Source: Stuff August 18, 2021 23:15 UTC