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New Zealand to escalate to ‘Red Light’ settings due to local Omicron transmission

New Zealand will move to ‘Red Light’ settings from 11.59 p.m. on Sunday due to cases of the Covid-19 Omicron variant detected in the community, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced here.

 According to the Red Light settings under the Covid-19 Protection Framework, gatherings will be limited to 100 people in places where Covid-19 vaccine passports are used. Ardern confirmed that nine cases reported in the Nelson Marlborough region had the Omicron variant.