12 Aug 2021

Covid-19: NZ would move to alert level 4 within hours of detecting delta variant in community - Prime Minister

From Morning Report, 8:14 am on 12 August 2021

Just one Covid-19 community case of the Delta variant will send New Zealand into lockdown.

That's the warning from the government, after a fresh report on reopening the borders cautioned an outbreak this year is likely, similar to what's happening in New South Wales.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told Morning Report the government's emergency response would be to move into Level 4 restrictions within hours of a community case being detected.