New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a plan to re-open the economy and the schools over the next 10 days. Under the plan, almost all businesses will be able to re-open beginning Thursday, including retail stores, malls, restaurants, hair salons and gyms. Ardern said bars pose a high risk: ``We don't want to be South Korea _ to open our bars only to close them again,'' she said. New Zealand has been successful in reducing new cases of the virus to a trickle, including two days last week when no new cases were recorded. Ardern said New Zealanders need to remain cautious: ``We may have won a few battles but we have not won the war,'' she said.-AP.

Source: The Standard May 11, 2020 06:11 UTC