New Zealand Lifts Restrictions for Vaccinated, but Clamps Down on Unvaccinated

New Zealand Lifts Restrictions for Vaccinated, but Clamps Down on Unvaccinated
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addresses a post-Cabinet press conference at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, on Nov. 22, 2021. Mark Mitchell/Pool Photo via AP
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a new COVID-19 traffic light system that will subject the unvaccinated to more restrictions, and at the same time lift tough lockdown rules for the vaccinated, effective from Dec. 3.

The new rules will ease lockdown restrictions for Auckland, the most populated city in New Zealand, which has undergone tough lockdown measures for more than three months.