diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..271d466e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# Workflow derived from https://github.com/r-lib/actions/tree/master/examples
+# Need help debugging build failures? Start at https://github.com/r-lib/actions#where-to-find-help
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main, master]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main, master]
+
+name: R-CMD-check
+
+jobs:
+  R-CMD-check:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.os }}
+
+    name: ${{ matrix.config.os }} (${{ matrix.config.r }})
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        config:
+          - {os: macOS-latest,   r: 'release'}
+          - {os: windows-latest, r: 'release'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'devel', http-user-agent: 'release'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'release'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'oldrel-1'}
+
+    env:
+      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      R_KEEP_PKG_SOURCE: yes
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v1
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v1
+        with:
+          r-version: ${{ matrix.config.r }}
+          http-user-agent: ${{ matrix.config.http-user-agent }}
+          use-public-rspm: true
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v1
+        with:
+          extra-packages: rcmdcheck
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-full.yaml b/.github/workflows/check-full.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e099a4c..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/check-full.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,272 +0,0 @@
----
-# Github Actions workflow to check covidregionaldata
-name: R-CMD-check
-
-'on':
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '0 0 * * 1'
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - '*'
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  R-CMD-check:
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.os }}
-
-    name: ${{ matrix.config.os }} (${{ matrix.config.r }})
-
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: true
-      matrix:
-        config:
-          - {os: macOS-latest, r: 'release'}
-          - {os: windows-latest, r: 'release'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-20.04, r: 'release'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-20.04, r: 'oldrel'}
-
-    env:
-      R_REMOTES_NO_ERRORS_FROM_WARNINGS: true
-      RSPM: ${{ matrix.config.rspm }}
-      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v1
-        with:
-          r-version: ${{ matrix.config.r }}
-
-      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v1
-
-      - name: Query dependencies
-        run: |
-          install.packages('remotes')
-          saveRDS(remotes::dev_package_deps(dependencies = TRUE), ".github/depends.Rds", version = 2)
-          writeLines(sprintf("R-%i.%i", getRversion()$major, getRversion()$minor), ".github/R-version")
-        shell: Rscript {0}
-
-      - name: Cache R packages
-        if: runner.os != 'Windows'
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
-        with:
-          path: ${{ env.R_LIBS_USER }}
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('.github/R-version') }}-1-${{ hashFiles('.github/depends.Rds') }}
-          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('.github/R-version') }}-1-
-
-      - name: Install system dependencies
-        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
-        env:
-          RHUB_PLATFORM: linux-x86_64-ubuntu-gcc
-        run: |
-          while read -r cmd
-          do
-            eval sudo $cmd
-          done < <(Rscript -e 'writeLines(remotes::system_requirements("ubuntu", "20.04"))')
-          sudo apt-get -y install libudunits2-dev libgdal-dev libqpdf-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev
-        shell: bash
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          remotes::install_deps(dependencies = TRUE)
-          remotes::install_cran("rcmdcheck")
-        shell: Rscript {0}
-
-      - name: Session info
-        run: |
-          options(width = 100)
-          pkgs <- installed.packages()[, "Package"]
-          sessioninfo::session_info(pkgs, include_base = TRUE)
-        shell: Rscript {0}
-
-      - name: Check
-        env:
-          _R_CHECK_CRAN_INCOMING_: false
-          _R_CHECK_DONTTEST_EXAMPLES_: false
-          _R_CHECK_FORCE_SUGGESTS_: false
-        run: rcmdcheck::rcmdcheck(args = c("--no-manual", "--as-cran"), error_on = "warning", check_dir = "check")
-        shell: Rscript {0}
-
-      - name: Show testthat output
-        if: always()
-        run: find check -name 'testthat.Rout*' -exec cat '{}' \; || true
-        shell: bash
-
-      - name: Upload check results
-        if: failure()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
-        with:
-          name: ${{ runner.os }}-r${{ matrix.config.r }}-results
-          path: check
-
-  Lint:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-
-    needs: [R-CMD-check]
-
-    env:
-      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v1
-
-      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v1
-
-      - name: Query dependencies
-        run: |
-          install.packages('remotes')
-          saveRDS(remotes::dev_package_deps(dependencies = TRUE), ".github/depends.Rds", version = 2)
-          writeLines(sprintf("R-%i.%i", getRversion()$major, getRversion()$minor), ".github/R-version")
-        shell: Rscript {0}
-
-      - name: Cache R packages
-        if: runner.os != 'Windows'
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
-        with:
-          path: ${{ env.R_LIBS_USER }}
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('.github/R-version') }}-1-${{ hashFiles('.github/depends.Rds') }}
-          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('.github/R-version') }}-1-
-
-      - name: Install system dependencies
-        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
-        env:
-          RHUB_PLATFORM: linux-x86_64-ubuntu-gcc
-        run: |
-          while read -r cmd
-          do
-            eval sudo $cmd
-          done < <(Rscript -e 'writeLines(remotes::system_requirements("ubuntu", "20.04"))')
-          sudo apt-get -y install libudunits2-dev libgdal-dev libqpdf-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev
-        shell: bash
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          remotes::install_deps(dependencies = TRUE)
-          remotes::install_cran("lintr")
-          remotes::install_cran("sessioninfo")
-          remotes::install_local(".")
-        shell: Rscript {0}
-
-      - name: Session info
-        run: |
-          options(width = 100)
-          pkgs <- installed.packages()[, "Package"]
-          sessioninfo::session_info(pkgs, include_base = TRUE)
-        shell: Rscript {0}
-
-      - name: Lint
-        run: lintr::lint_package()
-        shell: Rscript {0}
-
-
-  test-coverage:
-    if: github.repository == 'epiforecasts/covidregionaldata'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-
-    needs: [R-CMD-check]
-    env:
-      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v1
-
-      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v1
-
-      - name: Query dependencies
-        run: |
-          install.packages('remotes')
-          saveRDS(remotes::dev_package_deps(dependencies = TRUE), ".github/depends.Rds", version = 2)
-          writeLines(sprintf("R-%i.%i", getRversion()$major, getRversion()$minor), ".github/R-version")
-        shell: Rscript {0}
-
-      - name: Cache R packages
-        if: runner.os != 'Windows'
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
-        with:
-          path: ${{ env.R_LIBS_USER }}
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('.github/R-version') }}-1-${{ hashFiles('.github/depends.Rds') }}
-          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('.github/R-version') }}-1-
-
-      - name: Install system dependencies
-        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
-        env:
-          RHUB_PLATFORM: linux-x86_64-ubuntu-gcc
-        run: |
-          while read -r cmd
-          do
-            eval sudo $cmd
-          done < <(Rscript -e 'writeLines(remotes::system_requirements("ubuntu", "20.04"))')
-          sudo apt-get -y install libudunits2-dev libgdal-dev libqpdf-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev
-        shell: bash
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-            install.packages(c("remotes","sessioninfo"))
-            remotes::install_deps(dependencies = TRUE)
-            remotes::install_cran("covr")
-        shell: Rscript {0}
-
-      - name: Session info
-        run: |
-          options(width = 100)
-          pkgs <- installed.packages()[, "Package"]
-          sessioninfo::session_info(pkgs, include_base = TRUE)
-        shell: Rscript {0}
-
-      - name: Test coverage
-        run: covr::codecov()
-        shell: Rscript {0}
-
-
-  pkgdown:
-    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' && github.repository == 'epiforecasts/covidregionaldata'
-    runs-on: macOS-latest
-
-    needs: [R-CMD-check, Lint, test-coverage]
-
-    env:
-      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v1
-
-      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v1
-
-      - name: Query dependencies
-        run: |
-          install.packages('remotes')
-          saveRDS(remotes::dev_package_deps(dependencies = TRUE), ".github/depends.Rds", version = 2)
-        shell: Rscript {0}
-
-      - name: Cache R packages
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
-        with:
-          path: ${{ env.R_LIBS_USER }}
-          key: macOS-r-4.0-1-${{ hashFiles('.github/depends.Rds') }}
-          restore-keys: macOS-r-4.0-1-
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          install.packages(c("remotes", "pkgbuild"))
-          remotes::install_deps(dependencies = TRUE)
-          remotes::install_dev("pkgdown")
-        shell: Rscript {0}
-
-      - name: Install package
-        run: R CMD INSTALL .
-
-      - name: Deploy package
-        run: |
-          git config --local user.email "actions@github.com"
-          git config --local user.name "GitHub Actions"
-          Rscript -e "pkgdown::deploy_to_branch(new_process = FALSE, clean = TRUE)"
-        shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..041ee3c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - master
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - master
+
+name: lint
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    runs-on: macOS-latest
+    env:
+      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v1
+
+      - name: Query dependencies
+        run: |
+          install.packages('remotes')
+          saveRDS(remotes::dev_package_deps(dependencies = TRUE), ".github/depends.Rds", version = 2)
+          writeLines(sprintf("R-%i.%i", getRversion()$major, getRversion()$minor), ".github/R-version")
+        shell: Rscript {0}
+
+      - name: Restore R package cache
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        with:
+          path: ${{ env.R_LIBS_USER }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('.github/R-version') }}-1-${{ hashFiles('.github/depends.Rds') }}
+          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('.github/R-version') }}-1-
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          install.packages(c("remotes"))
+          remotes::install_deps(dependencies = TRUE)
+          remotes::install_cran("lintr")
+        shell: Rscript {0}
+
+      - name: Install package
+        run: R CMD INSTALL .
+
+      - name: Lint
+        run: lintr::lint_package()
+        shell: Rscript {0}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..19db0001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# Workflow derived from https://github.com/r-lib/actions/tree/master/examples
+# Need help debugging build failures? Start at https://github.com/r-lib/actions#where-to-find-help
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main, master]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main, master]
+
+name: test-coverage
+
+jobs:
+  test-coverage:
+    runs-on: macOS-latest
+    env:
+      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      NOT_CRAN: true
+    steps:
+      - name: cmdstan env vars
+        run: |
+          echo "CMDSTAN_PATH=${HOME}/.cmdstan" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        shell: bash
+      - uses: n1hility/cancel-previous-runs@v2
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v1
+
+      - name: Query dependencies
+        run: |
+          install.packages('remotes')
+          saveRDS(remotes::dev_package_deps(dependencies = TRUE), ".github/depends.Rds", version = 2)
+          writeLines(sprintf("R-%i.%i", getRversion()$major, getRversion()$minor), ".github/R-version")
+        shell: Rscript {0}
+
+      - name: Restore R package cache
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        with:
+          path: ${{ env.R_LIBS_USER }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('.github/R-version') }}-1-${{ hashFiles('.github/depends.Rds') }}
+          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('.github/R-version') }}-1-
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          install.packages(c("remotes"))
+          remotes::install_deps(dependencies = TRUE)
+          remotes::install_cran("covr")
+          install.packages("curl")
+        shell: Rscript {0}
+
+      - name: Install package
+        run: R CMD INSTALL .
+
+      - name: Test coverage
+        run: |
+          options(testRegions = TRUE)
+          covr::codecov()
+        shell: Rscript {0}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index f629aa2a..de3a4b03 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export(start_using_memoise)
 export(stop_using_memoise)
 export(test_cleaning)
 export(test_download)
+export(test_download_JSON)
 export(test_processing)
 export(test_return)
 importFrom(R6,R6Class)
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ importFrom(dplyr,pull)
 importFrom(dplyr,recode)
 importFrom(dplyr,rename)
 importFrom(dplyr,select)
+importFrom(dplyr,slice_head)
 importFrom(dplyr,slice_tail)
 importFrom(dplyr,starts_with)
 importFrom(dplyr,summarise)
@@ -90,9 +92,7 @@ importFrom(httr,POST)
 importFrom(httr,content)
 importFrom(httr,status_code)
 importFrom(jsonlite,fromJSON)
-importFrom(lifecycle,deprecate_warn)
-importFrom(lifecycle,deprecated)
-importFrom(lifecycle,is_present)
+importFrom(lifecycle,deprecate_stop)
 importFrom(lubridate,as_date)
 importFrom(lubridate,dmy)
 importFrom(lubridate,dmy_hms)
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 8062c9c0..942c164e 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -12,11 +12,21 @@ This release is currently under development
 * Change the data source for Switzerland to draw data from the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH)
 * Updated the package logo to include the newly supported data sets.
 * Reduced the number of package dependencies (@bisaloo and @RichardMN)
+* Added tests for JSON download code (@RichardMN).
 
 ## Bug fixes
 
 - Fixed a bug in `fill_empty_dates_with_na()` caused by changes made in version `1.2.0` of `tidyr`. 
 - Fixed a bug in the data sourced from Germany so that instead of treating it as a line list of individuals it is treated as a relatively finely resolved count data which needs to be summed up (by @sbfnk).
+- Fixed a bug in the Vietnam class due to `stringr` ([#448](https://github.com/epiforecasts/covidregionaldata/pull/448) by @RichardMN).
+- Fixed a bug with the Netherlands class were the lack of Hospitalisation data in the source was causing the class to fail ([#446](https://github.com/epiforecasts/covidregionaldata/pull/446) by @RichardMN).
+
+## Depreciations
+
+- `get_interventions_data()` has been depreciated and removed.
+- `get_info_covidregionaldata()` has been depreciated and removed.
+- The `country` argument to `get_national_data()`  has been depreciated and removed. It's functionality can be replicated using the `countries` argument.
+- `get_linelist()` has been updated to fail on use vs warn on use and will be removed from future versions of the package. 
 
 # covidregionaldata 0.9.2
 
diff --git a/R/Netherlands.R b/R/Netherlands.R
index a4afdf05..5d9f4f10 100644
--- a/R/Netherlands.R
+++ b/R/Netherlands.R
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Netherlands <- R6::R6Class("Netherlands",
     ),
     # nolint end
     #' @field source_data_cols existing columns within the raw data
-    source_data_cols = c("cases_new", "deaths_new", "hosp_new"),
+    source_data_cols = c("cases_new", "deaths_new"),
     #' @field source_text Plain text description of the source of the data
     source_text = "National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Netherlands", # nolint
     #' @field source_url Website address for explanation/introduction of the
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ Netherlands <- R6::R6Class("Netherlands",
         mutate(
           Date_of_publication = ymd(.data$Date_of_publication),
           Total_reported = as.double(.data$Total_reported),
-          Hospital_admission = as.double(.data$Hospital_admission),
           Deceased = as.double(.data$Deceased),
           level_1_region_code = sub("[a-z].*-", "", .data$Province),
           level_1_region_code = paste0(
@@ -74,8 +73,8 @@ Netherlands <- R6::R6Class("Netherlands",
           level_2_region = .data$Municipality_name,
           level_2_region_code = .data$Municipality_code,
           cases_new = .data$Total_reported,
-          deaths_new = .data$Deceased,
-          hosp_new = .data$Hospital_admission
+          deaths_new = .data$Deceased #,
+          #hosp_new = .data$Hospital_admission
         )
     },
 
diff --git a/R/get_info_covidregionaldata.R b/R/get_info_covidregionaldata.R
deleted file mode 100644
index 632d77c1..00000000
--- a/R/get_info_covidregionaldata.R
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#' Get available datasets
-#'
-#' @description
-#'  `r lifecycle::badge("deprecated")`
-#'
-#'  This function is deprecated. Please use `get_available_datasets()` instead.
-#'
-#' @keywords internal
-#' @importFrom lifecycle deprecate_warn
-get_info_covidregionaldata <- function() {
-  deprecate_warn(
-    when = "0.9.0",
-    what = "covidregionaldata::get_info_covidregionaldata()",
-    with = "covidregionaldata::get_available_datasets()"
-  )
-  data <- get_available_datasets()
-  return(data)
-}
diff --git a/R/get_interventions_data.R b/R/get_interventions_data.R
deleted file mode 100644
index 37dfa4cc..00000000
--- a/R/get_interventions_data.R
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-#' Get ACAPS Government Interventions dataset
-#'
-#' @description
-#'  `r lifecycle::badge("deprecated")`
-#'
-#'  Downloads the ACAPS Government Interventions dataset.
-#'  This function is deprecated: data are no longer updated as of December 2020.
-#'
-#'  Over 100 alternative datasets are available, covering government
-#'  interventions worldwide. Several include subnational level policy.
-#'  See: https://supertracker.spi.ox.ac.uk/policy-trackers/
-#'
-#' @return a dataframe of government interventions up to Dec 2020 from ACAPS
-#' @source \url{https://www.acaps.org/covid-19-government-measures-dataset}
-#' @author Paul Campbell @paulcampbell91
-#'
-#' @keywords internal
-#'
-#' @importFrom readxl read_excel
-#' @importFrom dplyr mutate
-#' @importFrom utils download.file
-#' @importFrom lifecycle deprecate_warn
-#'
-get_interventions_data <- function() {
-  deprecate_warn(
-    when = "0.9.0",
-    what = "covidregionaldata::get_interventions_data()",
-    details = c(
-      "The ACAPS data source stopped updating in December 2020.",
-      "Over 100 alternative data sets are available at:",
-      "https://supertracker.spi.ox.ac.uk/policy-trackers/"
-    )
-  )
-
-  base_url <- "https://www.acaps.org/sites/acaps/files/resources/files/acaps_covid19_government_measures_dataset_0.xlsx" # nolint
-  temp <- tempdir()
-  filename <- "interventions.xlsx"
-  download.file(base_url,
-    destfile = file.path(temp, filename),
-    mode = "wb", quiet = TRUE
-  )
-  # Read in data and correct excel dates
-  data <- suppressWarnings(read_excel(file.path(temp, filename),
-    sheet = "Dataset",
-    col_types = "text"
-  )) %>%
-    mutate(
-      ENTRY_DATE = as.Date((as.numeric(.data$ENTRY_DATE) - 2),
-        origin = as.Date("1900-01-01")
-      ),
-      DATE_IMPLEMENTED = as.Date((as.numeric(.data$DATE_IMPLEMENTED) - 2),
-        origin = as.Date("1900-01-01")
-      )
-    )
-  names(data) <- tolower(names(data))
-
-  return(data)
-}
diff --git a/R/get_linelist.R b/R/get_linelist.R
index 6b5f48ca..2f2d11f8 100644
--- a/R/get_linelist.R
+++ b/R/get_linelist.R
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #'
 #' @keywords internal
 #'
-#' @importFrom lifecycle deprecate_warn
+#' @importFrom lifecycle deprecate_stop
 #' @importFrom dplyr if_else select mutate filter
 #' @importFrom lubridate dmy
 #' @importFrom utils download.file untar
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #' }
 #'
 get_linelist <- function(clean = TRUE, report_delay_only = FALSE) {
-  deprecate_warn(
+  deprecate_stop(
     when = "0.9.0",
     what = "covidregionaldata::get_linelist()",
     details = c(
diff --git a/R/get_national_data.R b/R/get_national_data.R
index 00cde97f..0645435c 100644
--- a/R/get_national_data.R
+++ b/R/get_national_data.R
@@ -12,15 +12,12 @@
 #'
 #' @param countries A character vector specifying country names of interest.
 #' Used to filter the data.
-#' @param country `r lifecycle::badge("deprecated")` A character string
-#'  specifying a country to filter for.
 #' @param source A character string specifying the data source (not case
 #'  dependent). Defaults to WHO (the World Health Organisation). See
 #' `get_available_datasets("national")` for all options.
 #' @return A tibble with data related to cases, deaths, hospitalisations,
 #'  recoveries and testing.
 #' @inheritParams get_regional_data
-#' @importFrom lifecycle deprecated is_present deprecate_warn
 #' @family interface
 #' @seealso [WHO()], [ECDC()], [JHU()], [Google()]
 #' @export
@@ -54,16 +51,7 @@
 #' }
 get_national_data <- function(countries, source = "who", level = "1", totals = FALSE,
                               steps = FALSE, class = FALSE, verbose = TRUE,
-                              country = deprecated(),
                               ...) {
-  if (is_present(country)) {
-    deprecate_warn(
-      "0.9.0",
-      "covidregionaldata::get_national_data(country = )",
-      "covidregionaldata::get_national_data(countries = )"
-    )
-    countries <- country
-  }
 
   # check data availability and initiate country class if available
   nation_class <- initialise_dataclass(
diff --git a/R/get_regional_data.R b/R/get_regional_data.R
index bf533566..34ae99a0 100644
--- a/R/get_regional_data.R
+++ b/R/get_regional_data.R
@@ -13,16 +13,10 @@
 #' @param country A character string specifying the country to get data from.
 #' Not case dependent. Name should be the English name. For a list of
 #' options use `get_available_datasets()`.
-#' @param include_level_2_regions `r lifecycle::badge("deprecated")` Boolean. If TRUE, returns data stratified by
-#'  level 2 regions. If FALSE, stratified by Level 1. Note that Level 2 region
-#'  data is not always available. In these cases the user will get a warning
-#'  and the Level 1 data will be returned.
-#' @param localise_regions `r lifecycle::badge("deprecated")` Logical, defaults to TRUE. Should region names be localised.
 #' @inheritParams return_data
 #' @inheritParams initialise_dataclass
 #' @return A tibble with data related to cases, deaths, hospitalisations,
 #' recoveries and testing stratified by regions within the given country.
-#' @importFrom lifecycle deprecated is_present deprecate_warn
 #' @family interface
 #' @seealso [Italy()], [UK()]
 #' @export
@@ -47,28 +41,7 @@
 get_regional_data <- function(country, level = "1", totals = FALSE,
                               localise = TRUE, steps = FALSE,
                               class = FALSE, verbose = TRUE, regions,
-                              include_level_2_regions = deprecated(),
-                              localise_regions = deprecated(),
                               ...) {
-  if (is_present(include_level_2_regions)) {
-    deprecate_warn(
-      "0.9.0",
-      "covidregionaldata::get_regional_data(include_level_2_regions = )", "covidregionaldata::get_regional_data(level = )"
-    )
-    if (include_level_2_regions) {
-      level <- "1"
-    } else {
-      level <- "2"
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (is_present(localise_regions)) {
-    deprecate_warn(
-      "0.9.0",
-      "covidregionaldata::get_regional_data(localise_regions = )", "covidregionaldata::get_regional_data(localise = )"
-    )
-    localise <- localise_regions
-  }
 
   # check data availability and initiate country class if available
   region_class <- initialise_dataclass(
diff --git a/R/shared-methods.R b/R/shared-methods.R
index 0433831e..8974d8ac 100644
--- a/R/shared-methods.R
+++ b/R/shared-methods.R
@@ -638,10 +638,12 @@ CountryDataClass <- R6::R6Class("CountryDataClass",
         }
 
         if (!is.null(self$target_regions)) {
-          self$target_regions <- countryname(
-            self$target_regions,
-            destination = "country.name.en",
-            warn = FALSE
+          self$target_regions <- suppressWarnings(
+              countryname(
+              self$target_regions,
+              destination = "country.name.en",
+              warn = FALSE
+            )
           )
           if (all(is.na(self$target_regions))) {
             stop("No countries found with target names")
diff --git a/R/test-DataClass.R b/R/test-DataClass.R
index 3f4c3695..280eb3ae 100644
--- a/R/test-DataClass.R
+++ b/R/test-DataClass.R
@@ -121,6 +121,47 @@ test_download <- function(DataClass_obj, download, snapshot_path) {
   }
 }
 
+
+#' Test download method for JSON files works correctly
+#' @description Test data can be downloaded if `download = TRUE`, or a requested
+#' snapshot file is not found, and store a snap shot in the `snapshot_dir`. If
+#' an existing snapshot file is found then load this data to use in future tests
+#' @param DataClass_obj The R6Class object to perform checks on.
+#' Must be a `DataClass` or `DataClass` child object.
+#' @param download Logical check to download or use a snapshot of the data
+#' @param snapshot_path character_array the path to save the downloaded
+#' snapshot to.
+#' @importFrom purrr map walk
+#' @importFrom dplyr slice_head
+#' @family tests
+#' @concept tests
+#' @export
+test_download_JSON <- function(DataClass_obj, download, snapshot_path) {
+  if (!file.exists(snapshot_path)) {
+    download <- TRUE
+  }
+  if (download) {
+    testthat::test_that(
+      paste0(DataClass_obj$data_name, " downloads sucessfully"),
+      {
+        DataClass_obj$download_JSON()
+        walk(DataClass_obj$data$raw, function(data) {
+          testthat::expect_true(length(data) > 0)
+          testthat::expect_false(is.null(data))
+        })
+      }
+    )
+    DataClass_obj$data$raw <- map(DataClass_obj$data$raw,
+    slice_head,
+    n = 2
+    )
+
+    saveRDS(DataClass_obj$data$raw, snapshot_path)
+  } else {
+    DataClass_obj$data$raw <- readRDS(snapshot_path)
+  }
+}
+
 #' Test clean method works correctly
 #' @description Test data can be cleaned properly. The clean method is invoked
 #' to generate clean data. This data is checked to ensure it is a data.frame,
diff --git a/README.Rmd b/README.Rmd
index a42bda15..04b68018 100644
--- a/README.Rmd
+++ b/README.Rmd
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ knitr::opts_chunk$set(
 
 # Subnational data for the COVID-19 outbreak <img src="man/figures/logo.png" align="right" alt="" width="120" />
 
-[![R-CMD-check](https://github.com/epiforecasts/covidregionaldata/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg)](https://github.com/epiforecasts/covidregionaldata/actions) [![Codecov test coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/epiforecasts/covidregionaldata/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/epiforecasts/covidregionaldata?branch=master) [![Data status](https://img.shields.io/badge/Data-status-lightblue.svg?style=flat)](https://epiforecasts.io/covidregionaldata/articles/supported-countries.html) [![metacran downloads](http://cranlogs.r-pkg.org/badges/grand-total/covidregionaldata?color=ff69b4)](https://cran.r-project.org/package=covidregionaldata)
+  [![R-CMD-check](https://github.com/epiforecasts/covidregionaldata/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg)](https://github.com/epiforecasts/covidregionaldata/actions) [![Codecov test coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/epiforecasts/covidregionaldata/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/epiforecasts/covidregionaldata?branch=master) [![Data status](https://img.shields.io/badge/Data-status-lightblue.svg?style=flat)](https://epiforecasts.io/covidregionaldata/articles/supported-countries.html) [![metacran downloads](http://cranlogs.r-pkg.org/badges/grand-total/covidregionaldata?color=ff69b4)](https://cran.r-project.org/package=covidregionaldata)
 
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diff --git a/data/all_country_data.rda b/data/all_country_data.rda
index f305e8ba..961dfecf 100644
Binary files a/data/all_country_data.rda and b/data/all_country_data.rda differ
diff --git a/man/expect_clean_cols.Rd b/man/expect_clean_cols.Rd
index 4cbfc03e..c5165fef 100644
--- a/man/expect_clean_cols.Rd
+++ b/man/expect_clean_cols.Rd
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Functions used for testing data is cleaned and processed correctly
 \code{\link{expect_columns_contain_data}()},
 \code{\link{expect_processed_cols}()},
 \code{\link{test_cleaning}()},
+\code{\link{test_download_JSON}()},
 \code{\link{test_download}()},
 \code{\link{test_processing}()},
 \code{\link{test_return}()}
diff --git a/man/expect_columns_contain_data.Rd b/man/expect_columns_contain_data.Rd
index 75439ae5..3c97b657 100644
--- a/man/expect_columns_contain_data.Rd
+++ b/man/expect_columns_contain_data.Rd
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Functions used for testing data is cleaned and processed correctly
 \code{\link{expect_clean_cols}()},
 \code{\link{expect_processed_cols}()},
 \code{\link{test_cleaning}()},
+\code{\link{test_download_JSON}()},
 \code{\link{test_download}()},
 \code{\link{test_processing}()},
 \code{\link{test_return}()}
diff --git a/man/expect_processed_cols.Rd b/man/expect_processed_cols.Rd
index ad96cf9e..ae79949d 100644
--- a/man/expect_processed_cols.Rd
+++ b/man/expect_processed_cols.Rd
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Functions used for testing data is cleaned and processed correctly
 \code{\link{expect_clean_cols}()},
 \code{\link{expect_columns_contain_data}()},
 \code{\link{test_cleaning}()},
+\code{\link{test_download_JSON}()},
 \code{\link{test_download}()},
 \code{\link{test_processing}()},
 \code{\link{test_return}()}
diff --git a/man/get_info_covidregionaldata.Rd b/man/get_info_covidregionaldata.Rd
deleted file mode 100644
index f656ae0c..00000000
--- a/man/get_info_covidregionaldata.Rd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
-% Please edit documentation in R/get_info_covidregionaldata.R
-\name{get_info_covidregionaldata}
-\alias{get_info_covidregionaldata}
-\title{Get available datasets}
-\usage{
-get_info_covidregionaldata()
-}
-\description{
-\ifelse{html}{\href{https://lifecycle.r-lib.org/articles/stages.html#deprecated}{\figure{lifecycle-deprecated.svg}{options: alt='[Deprecated]'}}}{\strong{[Deprecated]}}
-
-This function is deprecated. Please use \code{get_available_datasets()} instead.
-}
-\keyword{internal}
diff --git a/man/get_interventions_data.Rd b/man/get_interventions_data.Rd
deleted file mode 100644
index f8e8c870..00000000
--- a/man/get_interventions_data.Rd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
-% Please edit documentation in R/get_interventions_data.R
-\name{get_interventions_data}
-\alias{get_interventions_data}
-\title{Get ACAPS Government Interventions dataset}
-\source{
-\url{https://www.acaps.org/covid-19-government-measures-dataset}
-}
-\usage{
-get_interventions_data()
-}
-\value{
-a dataframe of government interventions up to Dec 2020 from ACAPS
-}
-\description{
-\ifelse{html}{\href{https://lifecycle.r-lib.org/articles/stages.html#deprecated}{\figure{lifecycle-deprecated.svg}{options: alt='[Deprecated]'}}}{\strong{[Deprecated]}}
-
-Downloads the ACAPS Government Interventions dataset.
-This function is deprecated: data are no longer updated as of December 2020.
-
-Over 100 alternative datasets are available, covering government
-interventions worldwide. Several include subnational level policy.
-See: https://supertracker.spi.ox.ac.uk/policy-trackers/
-}
-\author{
-Paul Campbell @paulcampbell91
-}
-\keyword{internal}
diff --git a/man/get_national_data.Rd b/man/get_national_data.Rd
index 098ca65b..9b19b25a 100644
--- a/man/get_national_data.Rd
+++ b/man/get_national_data.Rd
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ get_national_data(
   steps = FALSE,
   class = FALSE,
   verbose = TRUE,
-  country = deprecated(),
   ...
 )
 }
@@ -43,9 +42,6 @@ Overrides \code{steps}.}
 \item{verbose}{Logical, defaults to \code{TRUE}. Should verbose processing
 messages and warnings be returned.}
 
-\item{country}{\ifelse{html}{\href{https://lifecycle.r-lib.org/articles/stages.html#deprecated}{\figure{lifecycle-deprecated.svg}{options: alt='[Deprecated]'}}}{\strong{[Deprecated]}} A character string
-specifying a country to filter for.}
-
 \item{...}{Additional arguments to pass to class specific functionality.}
 }
 \value{
diff --git a/man/get_regional_data.Rd b/man/get_regional_data.Rd
index de52bb4f..e825493b 100644
--- a/man/get_regional_data.Rd
+++ b/man/get_regional_data.Rd
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ get_regional_data(
   class = FALSE,
   verbose = TRUE,
   regions,
-  include_level_2_regions = deprecated(),
-  localise_regions = deprecated(),
   ...
 )
 }
@@ -47,13 +45,6 @@ messages and warnings be returned.}
 \item{regions}{A character vector of target regions to be assigned to the
 \code{target_regions} field and used to filter the returned data.}
 
-\item{include_level_2_regions}{\ifelse{html}{\href{https://lifecycle.r-lib.org/articles/stages.html#deprecated}{\figure{lifecycle-deprecated.svg}{options: alt='[Deprecated]'}}}{\strong{[Deprecated]}} Boolean. If TRUE, returns data stratified by
-level 2 regions. If FALSE, stratified by Level 1. Note that Level 2 region
-data is not always available. In these cases the user will get a warning
-and the Level 1 data will be returned.}
-
-\item{localise_regions}{\ifelse{html}{\href{https://lifecycle.r-lib.org/articles/stages.html#deprecated}{\figure{lifecycle-deprecated.svg}{options: alt='[Deprecated]'}}}{\strong{[Deprecated]}} Logical, defaults to TRUE. Should region names be localised.}
-
 \item{...}{Additional arguments to pass to class specific functionality.}
 }
 \value{
diff --git a/man/test_cleaning.Rd b/man/test_cleaning.Rd
index c7f7414d..4194c5a0 100644
--- a/man/test_cleaning.Rd
+++ b/man/test_cleaning.Rd
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Functions used for testing data is cleaned and processed correctly
 \code{\link{expect_clean_cols}()},
 \code{\link{expect_columns_contain_data}()},
 \code{\link{expect_processed_cols}()},
+\code{\link{test_download_JSON}()},
 \code{\link{test_download}()},
 \code{\link{test_processing}()},
 \code{\link{test_return}()}
diff --git a/man/test_download.Rd b/man/test_download.Rd
index fb9c32ea..1cd01985 100644
--- a/man/test_download.Rd
+++ b/man/test_download.Rd
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Functions used for testing data is cleaned and processed correctly
 \code{\link{expect_columns_contain_data}()},
 \code{\link{expect_processed_cols}()},
 \code{\link{test_cleaning}()},
+\code{\link{test_download_JSON}()},
 \code{\link{test_processing}()},
 \code{\link{test_return}()}
 }
diff --git a/man/test_download_JSON.Rd b/man/test_download_JSON.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8d05564f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/test_download_JSON.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/test-DataClass.R
+\name{test_download_JSON}
+\alias{test_download_JSON}
+\title{Test download method for JSON files works correctly}
+\usage{
+test_download_JSON(DataClass_obj, download, snapshot_path)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{DataClass_obj}{The R6Class object to perform checks on.
+Must be a \code{DataClass} or \code{DataClass} child object.}
+
+\item{download}{Logical check to download or use a snapshot of the data}
+
+\item{snapshot_path}{character_array the path to save the downloaded
+snapshot to.}
+}
+\description{
+Test data can be downloaded if \code{download = TRUE}, or a requested
+snapshot file is not found, and store a snap shot in the \code{snapshot_dir}. If
+an existing snapshot file is found then load this data to use in future tests
+}
+\seealso{
+Functions used for testing data is cleaned and processed correctly
+\code{\link{expect_clean_cols}()},
+\code{\link{expect_columns_contain_data}()},
+\code{\link{expect_processed_cols}()},
+\code{\link{test_cleaning}()},
+\code{\link{test_download}()},
+\code{\link{test_processing}()},
+\code{\link{test_return}()}
+}
+\concept{tests}
diff --git a/man/test_processing.Rd b/man/test_processing.Rd
index 6b7ebb31..3b698d3c 100644
--- a/man/test_processing.Rd
+++ b/man/test_processing.Rd
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Functions used for testing data is cleaned and processed correctly
 \code{\link{expect_columns_contain_data}()},
 \code{\link{expect_processed_cols}()},
 \code{\link{test_cleaning}()},
+\code{\link{test_download_JSON}()},
 \code{\link{test_download}()},
 \code{\link{test_return}()}
 }
diff --git a/man/test_return.Rd b/man/test_return.Rd
index 69715cf9..02f66f34 100644
--- a/man/test_return.Rd
+++ b/man/test_return.Rd
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Functions used for testing data is cleaned and processed correctly
 \code{\link{expect_columns_contain_data}()},
 \code{\link{expect_processed_cols}()},
 \code{\link{test_cleaning}()},
+\code{\link{test_download_JSON}()},
 \code{\link{test_download}()},
 \code{\link{test_processing}()}
 }
diff --git a/tests/testthat/custom_data/Netherlands_level_1.rds b/tests/testthat/custom_data/Netherlands_level_1.rds
index ceff2ca3..262a43e3 100644
Binary files a/tests/testthat/custom_data/Netherlands_level_1.rds and b/tests/testthat/custom_data/Netherlands_level_1.rds differ
diff --git a/tests/testthat/custom_data/Netherlands_level_2.rds b/tests/testthat/custom_data/Netherlands_level_2.rds
index ceff2ca3..262a43e3 100644
Binary files a/tests/testthat/custom_data/Netherlands_level_2.rds and b/tests/testthat/custom_data/Netherlands_level_2.rds differ
diff --git a/tests/testthat/custom_data/mtcars.json b/tests/testthat/custom_data/mtcars.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bd79a009
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/custom_data/mtcars.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[{"mpg":21,"cyl":6,"disp":160,"hp":110,"drat":3.9,"wt":2.62,"qsec":16.46,"vs":0,"am":1,"gear":4,"carb":4},{"mpg":21,"cyl":6,"disp":160,"hp":110,"drat":3.9,"wt":2.875,"qsec":17.02,"vs":0,"am":1,"gear":4,"carb":4},{"mpg":22.8,"cyl":4,"disp":108,"hp":93,"drat":3.85,"wt":2.32,"qsec":18.61,"vs":1,"am":1,"gear":4,"carb":1},{"mpg":21.4,"cyl":6,"disp":258,"hp":110,"drat":3.08,"wt":3.215,"qsec":19.44,"vs":1,"am":0,"gear":3,"carb":1},{"mpg":18.7,"cyl":8,"disp":360,"hp":175,"drat":3.15,"wt":3.44,"qsec":17.02,"vs":0,"am":0,"gear":3,"carb":2},{"mpg":18.1,"cyl":6,"disp":225,"hp":105,"drat":2.76,"wt":3.46,"qsec":20.22,"vs":1,"am":0,"gear":3,"carb":1}]
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-get_info_covidregionaldata.R b/tests/testthat/test-get_info_covidregionaldata.R
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ef53bcd..00000000
--- a/tests/testthat/test-get_info_covidregionaldata.R
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-test_that("get_info_covidregionaldata works as expected", {
-  expect_warning(get_info_covidregionaldata())
-  expect_s3_class(
-    suppressWarnings(get_info_covidregionaldata()), "data.frame"
-  )
-})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-get_national_data.R b/tests/testthat/test-get_national_data.R
index 4caed1a2..de83e30e 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-get_national_data.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-get_national_data.R
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ test_get_national_data <- function(source) {
       countries = "rwfwf", source = source,
       verbose = FALSE
     ))
-    expect_warning(get_national_data(
-      country = "Zimbabwe", source = source,
-      verbose = FALSE
-    ))
     expect_equal(
       true_steps,
       get_national_data(source = source, steps = TRUE, verbose = FALSE)
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-get_regional_data.R b/tests/testthat/test-get_regional_data.R
index ec826ad6..1cc59b90 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-get_regional_data.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-get_regional_data.R
@@ -46,19 +46,6 @@ test_get_regional_data <- function(level) {
         verbose = FALSE
       )
     )
-    # test depreciated args
-    if (level == "2") {
-      expect_warning(get_regional_data("mexico",
-        level = level,
-        include_level_2_regions = TRUE, verbose = FALSE
-      ))
-      expect_warning(
-        get_regional_data("mexico",
-          localise_regions = TRUE,
-          verbose = FALSE
-        )
-      )
-    }
   })
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-json_reader.R b/tests/testthat/test-json_reader.R
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..84b46284
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-json_reader.R
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+test_path <- "custom_data/mtcars.json"
+target <- tibble::as_tibble(head(mtcars))
+
+test_that("json_reader can read in a simple dataset", {
+  test <- json_reader(test_path)
+  expect_s3_class(test, "tbl_df")
+  expect_equal(
+    colnames(test),
+    colnames(target)
+  )
+  attributes(test)$spec <- NULL
+  attributes(test)$problems <- NULL
+  expect_equal(
+    test,
+    target
+  )
+})
+
+test_that("json_reader verbosity is controlled as expected", {
+  expect_gte(
+    length(capture.output(tmp <- json_reader(test_path, verbose = TRUE),
+      type = "message"
+    )),
+    1
+  )
+  expect_equal(
+    length(capture.output(tmp <- json_reader(test_path, verbose = FALSE),
+      type = "message"
+    )),
+    0
+  )
+})
+
+test_that("json_reader fails as expected when given a file that doesn't exist", {
+  expect_error(json_reader("nonsense.json", verbose = FALSE))
+})