After 102 days without any new cases of the coronavirus, the virus resurfaced in Auckland, the country's largest city. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is ordering the lockdown of Auckland from midnight tonight until Friday in order to "assess the situation, gather information and find out how these cases arose".
Three day restriction
“After 102 days, we have our first cases of Covid-19 recorded outside of the segregation or managed quarantine facilities as we have all worked incredibly hard to prevent this scenario. We have also planned and prepared for this. scenario, "said the Prime Minister.
For a period of three days, from Wednesday to Friday, Auckland will be placed in the third level of restriction. "We are calling on the people of Auckland to stop the spread of the virus." The first wants to make sure to have a "large scale" tracing of contacts with the coronavirus.