Today there are no active cases in New Zealand.
We have tested almost 40,000 people for Covid-19 in the past 17 days
and none have tested positive.
We had no one in hospital for Covid-19 for 12 days.
It's been 40 days since the last case of community transmission,
22 days since that person finished their self-isolation.
And so today I can announce that cabinet has agreed we will now move
to level 1 to get our economy fully open again and we will start almost immediately.
We move down to Covid-19 alert level 1 from midnight tonight.
What was your immediate reaction when you heard there were no active cases
of Covid-19 remaining in New Zealand?
I did a little dance. [laughs]
[Inaudible] Definitely not.
I showed Neve. She was caught a little by surprise but she joined in
having absolutely no idea why I was dancing around the lounge
but enjoying it nonetheless.