New Zealand ends most Covid restrictions as pandemic worry eases -
New Zealand scrapped mask wearing rules and vaccine mandates on Monday, bringing an end to some of the toughest Covid-19 pandemic rules in the world about two years after they were put in place.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said in a weekly news conference that it was time to safely turn the page on the country's Covid-19 management and live without the extraordinary measures it previously used.
[cnbc.com]