A four-tier alert level restrictions system was in place in during the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand between March 2020 and December 2021, with levels 3 and 4 being forms of lockdown. In level 1 there were no restrictions; in level 2 there were limits on gatherings; in level 3 only purposeful travel was allowed and there were strict limits on gatherings; and in level 4 only essential travel was allowed and gatherings were banned.
The alert level system was replaced with the COVID-19 Protection Framework, known as the "traffic light" system, which uses vaccination rates to determine the level of restrictions needed.[1] The traffic light system began 11:59 pm on 2 December 2021.[2]
The country may return to the alert level system if a future major outbreak occurred that necessitated it, such as a new vaccine-resistant variant of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19).[3]
- ^ Hall, Kristin (15 October 2021). "Govt to ditch alert levels for new traffic light system". 1 News. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ "The traffic light system". Unite against COVID-19. Ministry of Health. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ Quinlivan, Mark (25 November 2021). "COVID-19: New Zealand would go back to alert level system 'if things got really bad' - Chris Hipkins". Newshub. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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