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the data on why New Zealand should relax its coronavirus lockdown from Thursday

  • Written by: Martin Berka, Professor of Macroeconomics, Head of School of Economics and Finance, Massey University
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New Zealand has the most stringent COVID-19 policy restrictions in the world, matched only by Israel and India, according to Oxford University’s coronavirus government response tracker.

The current level 4 restrictions have brought the number of cases down, and I am delighted the government acted quickly and strongly. But the newl...

Read more: the data on why New Zealand should relax its coronavirus lockdown from Thursday

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