New Zealand extends partial lockdown in Auckland for 12 days following coronavirus outbreak
Telegraph, 14 Aug 2020
New Zealand has extended a partial lockdown in Auckland for another 12 days.
The country's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has warned the situation will get "worse before it gets better" as Covid case numbers grew.
New Zealand this week announced an end to an 102-day run of zero local cases, with a cluster of four that has now grown to 17.
Officials have investigated the possibility it may have been imported into the country via frozen goods, but Jacinda Ardern, the prime minister, said on Thursday that it was most likely caused by human to human transmission.
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The country's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has warned the situation will get "worse before it gets better" as Covid case numbers grew.
New Zealand this week announced an end to an 102-day run of zero local cases, with a cluster of four that has now grown to 17.
Officials have investigated the possibility it may have been imported into the country via frozen goods, but Jacinda Ardern, the prime minister, said on Thursday that it was most likely caused by human to human transmission.
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Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.
