Where to watch today's big Covid-19 announcements

April 20, 2020

Cabinet will make the decision this morning and it will be announced by Jacinda Ardern at 4pm.

The Government is set to announce today whether New Zealand will stay in Alert Level 4, or whether it will drop into a lower alert level.

Cabinet is meeting early today at 10.30am as modellers and experts discuss what the country will do.

It comes following a young person in Whanganui testing positive without a clear link to the source of the infection.

The daily 1pm coronavirus update press conference has been cancelled today, with the Ministry of Health instead set to issue a text statement to media providing the latest on New Zealand's outbreak numbers.

This breaking news will be published on 1NEWS.co.nz as soon as it comes to hand.

At 4pm, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield will address media with a decision on whether the Level 4 lockdown will be extended or if the country will change into Level 3 or lower.

1 NEWS will broadcast this live on TVNZ1 in a special news bulletin, on the 1 NEWS Facebook page and on 1NEWS.co.nz .

So far, Ms Ardern has refused to speculate on what will be announced.

The rules and regulations for Level 3 were revealed in a briefing last week and would see more New Zealanders able to resume work and more businesses reopen.

The 1pm press conference has been cancelled, but 1 NEWS will air the 4pm announcement on TVNZ1, 1NEWS.co.nz and on the 1 NEWS Facebook page.

Travel restrictions would shift from "stay local" to "stay regional" and some schools and early childhood education centres will reopen for specific students.

More details on the Level 3 rules can be found online here .

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