As New Zealand relaxes restrictions, here’s what we can still do to limit COVID infections
New Zealanders are now enjoying cautiously relaxed COVID restrictions under the country’s COVID-19 Protection Framework.
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Vaccine passport
The COVID-zero strategy may be past its use-by date, but New Zealand still has a vaccination advantage
The announcement today that New Zealand will introduce a vaccination certificate by November is welcome news. Whether by “carrot” or “stick”, vaccination rates must keep climbing, as it is now likely case numbers will climb under alert level 3 conditions in Auckland.
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Why a domestic NZ COVID ‘passport’ raises hard questions about discrimination, inequality and coercion
With COVID-19 causing extraordinarily intrusive and expensive lockdowns, vaccine “passports” or certificates are increasingly seen as key to getting out of them. Decision-makers and gatekeepers – from border guards to maître d’s – will have a means of knowing who can safely engage with others.
To that end, the New Zealand government aims to have one in place by year’s end.
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