All COVID-19 requirements removed in NZ~ no more isolation & no masks required

Pandemic over

We can never see how
NZ can take the bow
Get sick and cry
Get well or die
Pandemic’s over now?

Alan Grace
15 August 2023

The NZ Government has announced that:

All COVID-19 requirements removed

14 Aug 2023

Effective from 12:01am Tuesday 15 August, 7 day mandatory isolation, wearing of face masks for visitors to healthcare facilities removed.

The Government is removing the remaining COVID-19 public health requirements, effective from 12:01am tomorrow, Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall announced today.

While fluctuations from week to week are expected, overall COVID-19 case rates, wastewater levels and hospitalisations have been trending downwards since the beginning of June and over the past month reported COVID-19 cases have hit their lowest since February 2022.

Ayesha Verrall says the public health risk from COVID-19 is now considered low compared to other stages of the pandemic and it’s safe to remove the final requirements.

See:

https://covid19.govt.nz/news-and-data/latest-news/all-covid-19-requirements-removed/

https://www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/our-health-system/data-and-statistics/covid-19-data/covid-19-current-cases/

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