COVID-19 Protection Framework

"Traffic light system" redirects here. For similar systems, see Traffic light rating system.

The COVID-19 Protection Framework (known colloquially as the traffic light system[1]) was a system used by the New Zealand Government during the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand. The three-tier traffic light system used vaccination and community transmission rates to determine the level of restrictions needed. It came into effect at 11:59 pm on 2 December 2021, replacing the four-tier alert level system, which used lockdowns.[2] On 12 September 2022, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that the traffic light system would be dropped at 11:59 pm that night.[3][4]

  1. ^ "COVID-19 Protection Framework (Traffic lights)". 15 August 2023.
  2. ^ "COVID-19 Protection Framework". Unite against COVID-19. New Zealand Government. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Covid-19 traffic light system scrapped: All you need to know". The New Zealand Herald. 12 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  4. ^ "COVID-19 (novel coronavirus)". Ministry of Health. 12 September 2022. Archived from the original on 12 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.