The New Zealand government has decided to keep its current COVID-19 restrictions for mandatory seven-day isolation and mask wearing in health settings for at least another two months.
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said that while the country would eventually reach a point of removing all COVID-19 restrictions, isolation rules currently helped to relieve pressure on the health system.
“We are heading towards a point where COVID-19 will become normal. I would expect, certainly at the latest, by the end of the winter, we’ll be into that zone,” he said at a press conference on April 11.
Minister for Health Ayesha Verrall said the Cabinet had asked for further progress in looking at allowing people who are not symptomatic or are mild cases to return earlier than the seven days….