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Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says the country is staying in level 2 to be certain that there is no further spread of Covid-19 and also to ensure border procedures are safe and secure.
However, he said the move to alert level 1 is being looked at.
He said he couldn't speak to Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters' comments this morning that the country should be in alert level 1 already.
"What I can say is that we are working very hard on what level 1 will look like, and also separately working very hard with a whole range of players ... on what a trans-Tasman bubble will look like and that requires having confidence in the arrangements on both sides of the Tasman.
"What our job is, is to provide really good advice ... to help make sure there is no risk of transmission between countries."
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