New Zealand
Over one new COVID-19 case reported, New Zealand to enforce national lockdown
Wellington/UNI/Xinhua: New Zealand will move from the current level one alert directly to the top-level four lockdown from midnight after a positive COVID-19 case was identified in the Auckland community, which is likely to be the Delta variant, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced at a press conference Tuesday.
The alert level will be reviewed after three days for all areas except Auckland and the Coromandel Peninsula which are likely to remain at Level four for an initial period of seven days.
Under 'Alert Level Four', everyone is asked to stay at home or remain in local areas to prevent any further community transmission. All mass gatherings must be cancelled, schools and early childhood centres are closed except services including supermarkets, pharmacies, clinics and petrol stations that will stay open at' Alert Level Four'.
Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said the community case was a 58-year-old man in Auckland's North Shore who lived with his wife and tested positive on Monday.
His wife, who was fully vaccinated, tested negative and would be tested again.
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