Skills Shortage Forces Tightly Locked New Zealand to Creak Its Doors Open
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New Zealand — which has imposed some of the strictest Covid measures in the world — said Thursday that it will slowly reopen its international borders in 2021, as a massive skills shortage has left several key industries desperate for personnel.
Despite the skills gap, the country will maintain a determined zero-tolerance policy against coronavirus spread, though critics argue attention is better spent addressing a flailing vaccination campaign.
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