"But every piece of evidence is that it's not working and if that's the case then we need to start looking at other options. He said he hoped he was wrong and level 4 would work. "If we can't get this outbreak under control with four weeks of level four are we certain it'll be under control after five? And if we can't get it under control after five weeks are we gonna go to six? People will go broke in the meantime." "There has to be an interim strategy while we wait for vaccination levels to be high enough that allows businesses to keep operating sustainably. We now need to consider what a new strategy would look like," he said. "There may not be easy answers but clearly we've had a strategy that has worked somewhat, and has run out of runway. With confirmation of 33 new cases today, ACT leader David Seymour said the government needed to consider what kind of strategy would be financially sustainable for businesses, and how long the current strategy could be continued before high vaccination rates meant lockdowns were no longer needed. New community cases spiked over the weekend from 11 on Friday to 23 on Saturday and 20 yesterday. Act leader David Seymour Photo: RNZ / Rob DixonĬabinet decided this afternoon to keep Auckland in level 4 for at least one more week, and the rest of New Zealand to remain in level 2.
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