“The Government needs to come clean on what they know
about the state of Covid-19 in New Zealand,” National’s
Covid-19 Border Response Spokesperson, Gerry Brownlee
says.
“We have had three-months of no community
transmission, then inexplicably, the Director-General of
Health Ashley Bloomfield tells the nation today that a
second wave was a likely prospect.
“As well, Health
Minister Chris Hipkins tells the House in Question Time that
tomorrow he will tell Kiwis the conditions in which they
will be expected to wear masks in the event of the country
moving back into Level Two.
“It doesn’t add up.
Why announce this now when there are few cases? What do
these guys know that they are not telling us?
“New
Zealanders have already sacrificed a lot during this
pandemic. The least they deserve is more honest, transparent
treatment.”
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