New Zealand has ‘achieved elimination’ and the lockdown restrictions within the country will be relaxed said PM Ardern.
‘There is no widespread, undetected community transmission in New Zealand,’ Ardern declared on Monday. ‘We have won that battle.’
Ashley Bloomfield, New Zealand’s Director General of Health, spoke about how the cases have reduced significantly.
‘Our goal is elimination. And again, that doesn’t mean eradication but it means we get down to a small number of cases so that we are able to stamp out any cases and any outbreak that might come out.’
The nation of five million people, reported only one new case of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 1,122 with 19 deaths.
After following level 4 restrictions for more than three weeks, New Zealand will now move to level 3 with a few restrictions being lifted.
