COVID-19: Thousands of Kiwis enjoy freedom of Delta alert level 2, but businesses hope level 1 is around the corner – Newshub

Under Delta level 2, if you're in a public facility it's now mandatory to scan in and wear a mask and if you're touching things like museum exhibitions then you should be hand sanitising regularly.

"We've set a cap of 734 people in the museum at any given time just to help people manage that space between their bubbles," Te Papa CEO Courtney Johnston said.

But not everyone's happy.

"It's unfair that a museum, a sport centre and other venues can have an unlimited amount of people, with the same rules we are under - yet we are only allowed 50," restaurant, bar and club owner Jordan Mills told Newshub.

The 50 person limit applies to conferences as well.

Conference centre owner Paul Retimanu, from Manaaki Management, said many bookings have been cancelled as a result.

"And at 50, I don't feel confident they are all going to come straight back," he said.

Many businesses are now hoping alert level 1 is around the corner, as level 2 is more about the punters than the profit.

"We are worrying about businesses' survival, certainly worried about profitability, cash flow and all those things," Wellington Chamber of Commerce CEO Simon Arcus said.

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COVID-19: Thousands of Kiwis enjoy freedom of Delta alert level 2, but businesses hope level 1 is around the corner - Newshub