Auckland's latest Covid-19 episode will have proven "frustrating" to many - but the snap lockdown was nonetheless ultimately justified, an expert says. Scientists today welcomed Cabinet's call to move Auckland to alert level 1, and to require masks on public transport across the whole country, at all alert levels. "It's frustrating that we haven't got to the bottom of it, and we may never get to it," he said. "By last Wednesday, it was becoming apparent this wasn't the case, and that we had a much small number of cases. "It's good, at least, that the Government has leveraged this opportunity to get mask-wearing established on public transport across the country, on an ongoing basis."

Source: New Zealand Herald February 22, 2021 04:30 UTC