Thread by @jpdanner

Here we go.
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Basically we're doing amazing by nearly every statistic.
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We're confident that there is no widespread community transmission in New Zealand.
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Moving out of Alert level 4 on April 27th. Then holding at level 3 for at least 2 weeks.

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This week businesses are allowed to get ready to open.

This isn't an early move out of alerts, just allowing preparation as long as distancing can take place.

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We need to get this right. The worst thing we can do is yoyo between levels.

We need to do everything we can to ensure we doing have to go back to a higher level.

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TL;DR - we're staying in level 4 for another week. At midnight on the 27th we'll move to level 3 and stay there for at least 2 weeks.

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New Zealand has significant testing capacity and our testing rates are now amongst the highest in the world.

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Contact tracing has gone from a local, manual process to a national, automated process.

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We have sacrificed too much to lose those gains now.

Lets lock those gains in and make sure we do it right.

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I don't think New Zealanders want to waste all of the effort we've put in already.

Making the decision that we have gives us the greatest gains at the lowest cost.

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Nothing precludes us going back to level 4.

But if we all do our part we can keep moving forward, not back.

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We have faith in our business operators to prepare for opening safely.

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At Alert Level 3 we still expect people to work or learn from home if they can.

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My message to hospitality is that the best thing we can do for them is to get back to normal as soon as possible.

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The cases ascribed to community transmission have continued to decrease.

They're confident that community transmission is under control.

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I hope what you're hearing me express is my trust and confidence in the actions of New Zealanders.

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The health system needs to be rebuilt, but we shouldn't rebuild it in the middle of a global pandemic.

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Should we be looking to take cues from Australia's health system?

Well, my Australian counterparts are actually quite jealous of our health system...

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Elimination doesn't mean zero cases.

It means we have zero tolerance for new cases. We do everything we can to shut it down.

We'll have to keep doing that in an ongoing basis until there is a vaccine.

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I think that New Zealanders know the value of what we're doing.

You only have to look overseas to see why this is so important.

Ending the press conference bang on message. 💯

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Full transcript of @jacindaardern's speech today:
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/20-04…

One for the history books.

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