Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Ashley Bloomfield with COVID-19 Delta developments

  • 12/10/2021

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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is joined by Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield to provide the latest Delta outbreak developments. 

It comes after the Government mandated COVID-19 vaccinations for all teachers and support staff, as well as high-risk healthcare workers, who now join managed isolation and border workers. 

The Ministry of Health registered 35 new cases of COVID-19 in the community on Monday, all in Auckland, after reporting 60 cases on Sunday, 34 on Saturday and 44 on Friday. 

Auckland is to remain in alert level 3 until Cabinet's review next week, while Northland and parts of Waikato are set to shift down to alert level 2 on Friday if cases remain low. 

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