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The All of Government COVID-19 National Response will provide an update at 1.00 pm today.
Updates from livestream
- The total number of confirmed and probable cases remains at 1497.
- 94 percent of cases are now recovered.
- There are still just two people receiving hospital level care, neither are in ICU.
- “Today’s figures do reinforce that we are on the right path,” Dr Bloomfield says.
- “We can’t afford to give away the progress we’ve made. We do need to remain vigilant,” he says.
- The review into the Waitemata DHB will be released at 2pm this afternoon, Dr Bloomfield confirms.
- The Prime Minister says discussions are underway with church leaders, funeral directors, and iwi leaders to see if they can find a way to satisfy the legitimate health concerns.
She says while there will still be restrictions, she is confident there will be a positive resolution. The Health Minister will have more details before the end of the day. - Ardern says Budget 2020 will be delivered in the most challenging economic conditions faced by any Government since the Great Depression.
- “The coming months and years will be some of the most challenging our country has faced in a very, very long time,” Ardern says.
- “New Zealand is about to enter a very tough winter,” she says.
- Ardern says the Budget will be the first step in recovery from Covid-19
- “We believe that, when times are hard, you don’t cut – you invest” – Ardern says.
- “The notion that, in this time of need, we’d make cuts to essential services so many New Zealanders need more than ever is not only immoral, it’s economically wrong.”
- “I defended the surpluses we ran in our first two budgets on the basis that we needed to prepare, financially, for a rainy day. That day has well and truly arrived.”
- Ardern says it will be a “jobs budget”.
Speakers:
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield
A livestream of the update will be available from 1pm
https://youtu.be/s-a-_ZYRxKM