PM declares NZ has reached 90 per cent double-dose vaccination

NZ Herald reports Parliament has adjourned for the year with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wishing all New Zealanders a wonderful break. “You bloody deserve it!” Ardern said. The House broke into applause when she announced that 90% of New Zealand’s eligible population had been double-vaccinated against Covid-19 – although at the time it was officially 89.82% which she acknowledged. She said New Zealand not only had the lowest level of hospitalisation and death rate in the OECD, it was among one of only three countries to see life expectancy rise during the pandemic.