Businesses welcome COVID alert level decision, Ardern defends waiting until Sunday for change Newshub 5/03/2021 © Video - Newshub; Image - Getty Watch: The alert level announcement.
Auckland will move to alert level 2 from 6am on Sunday, while the rest of New Zealand will move to alert level 1.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Director- General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield made the announcement on Friday afternoon.
It comes after the Ministry of Health confirmed there were no new cases of COVID-19 in the community, for the fifth day in a row. There were also no new cases in managed isolation facilities.
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Initial Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission report shows progress
Health Minister Andrew Little welcomes the Initial Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission’s assessment that transformation of New Zealand’s approach to mental health and addiction is underway.
“This is an important step in the Government’s work to provide better and equitable mental health and wellbeing outcomes for all people in New Zealand after years of underfunding,” Andrew Little said.
Mā Te Rongo Ake: Through Listening and Hearing, looks at the Government’s progress on implementing recommendations made in He Ara Oranga: Report of the Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction.
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