The New Zealand government has announced an ambitious 90 percent vaccination target for its population. On Oct. 22, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern revealed the new “COVID-19 Protection Framework” that will take over the current “Alert Level” system that has kept the country under tight lockdown for the last few months. Ardern said residents in NZ’s most populous city, Auckland, will begin receiving “freedoms” and transitioning to the new framework once 90 percent of all individuals—12 years or over—across the city’s three district health boards (DHBs) are fully vaccinated. NZ has divided its country into 20 DHBs to monitor progress with its vaccination targets. Residents outside of Auckland will need to need to wait until all other DHBs reach the 90 percent threshold before they can transition to the new system. The government’s framework (pdf) includes a traffic light system with green, orange, and red levels that will outline what restrictions—including …
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