Kate Hawkesby: It seems we are going to stay in Orange for any winter flu from now on

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · May 24, 2022 · 3m

Hands up if you had no idea yesterday was a traffic light announcement day.

My hand is up. I was so oblivious, it was like stepping back in time, I thought the Herald had the wrong headline up when it ran front page news that Chris Hipkins had announced we were staying in an Orange light. Really? No kidding.

Didn’t even know the prospect of coming out of that was on the cards. That’s how brow-beaten we all are by now. We don’t even expect our full freedoms back do we?

But it seems we're staying in Orange not just due to Covid - but the flu too.

There seems to be a very nasty flu hitting…