New Zealand Sets Ambitious 90 Percent Vaccination Target

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at the Banquet Hall in Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, on Oct. 22, 2021. Robert Kitchin- Pool/Getty Images

The New Zealand government has announced an ambitious 90 percent vaccination target for its population.

On Oct. 22, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern revealed the new “COVID-19 Protection Framework” that will take over the current “Alert Level” system that has kept the country under tight lockdown for the last few months.