Green Party councillors call for Zero Covid strategy to fight virus
A group of Green Party councillors have called on their party to pursue a Zero Covid strategy to stop the spread of the virus. In a letter to their parliamentary party, the councillors insisted a Zero Covid plan – which effectively involves closing down international borders – would reduce deaths and lessen the economic and societal damage caused by the virus. The councillors said the Green Party “prides itself” on its commitment to “ethics and science” and added that they are “dismayed by the degree to which our Government has departed from public health advice”. “False tra...