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