Alcohol Can Make Coronavirus Worse – So Why Was It Treated As Essential In New Zealand’s Lockdown?

3 Jun 2020

New Zealand has won international praise for its strict lockdown conditions and public health response to COVID-19, but there’s one glaring blindspot – alcohol was sold as an essential item, along with food, during New Zealand’s level 4 lockdown, even though almost half of all alcohol in New Zealand is drunk in heavy and binge drinking sessions. Sally Casswell discusses this issue in a recent Conversation article.

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