Cabinet met this afternoon to decide whether the risk of Covid-19 spreading has diminished enough for Auckland to move to alert level 1. Eight cases that had recently emerged had all been linked and close contacts of the mother of a family at the centre of the outbreak had all produced negative results, she said. Cabinet had decided to make face coverings mandatory in all public transport across NZ at levels one and two. People will be able to remove face coverings to eat or drink, but children under 12 are exempt, as are people with a medical condition that prevents them from wearing a face covering safely, Ardern ... (full story)