New Zealand PM Ardern says to speed up vaccination rollout, with all eligible ages able to book in their vaccine by September 1

  • to move to 6 weeks between doses to ensure more people are at least partially vaccinated
  • New Zealand simply not in a position to a full reopen just yet
  • says phased reopening border planned next year; self-isolation pilot to be tested
  • will move to new individual risk based border settings that will establish low, medium and high risk pathways from Q1 2022
  • says elimination retained as best strategy to keep covid out and economy open
New Zealand PM Ardern says to speed up vaccination rollout, with all eligible agesable to book in their vaccine by September 1