Chinanews.com, August 18th. Comprehensive foreign media reported that on the 18th local time, New Zealand has newly confirmed 13 new cases of new coronary pneumonia in the past 24 hours, which is higher than the previous day's 9 cases. New Zealand authorities are trying their best to control the epidemic in Auckland, the largest city. outbreak. At present, the origin of the new round of epidemic is still unknown, but the authorities have ruled out it from frozen food or freight.
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Before the outbreak of this round of the epidemic, the country had no community-borne cases for more than 100 consecutive days.
According to reports, Ashley Bloomfield, Director-General of the New Zealand Ministry of Health, said at a press conference on the 18th that 12 of the new cases were related to the cluster infection that recently broke out in Auckland.
Bloomfield said that the origin of the latest outbreak is still unknown, but the possibility of frozen food or freight was ruled out.
On the same day, New Zealand Prime Minister Ardern also refuted US President Trump's remarks about the New Zealand epidemic. Trump said on the 17th that the number of cases in New Zealand had increased sharply and a "terrible orgasm" had erupted.
Ardern said that New Zealand has several new cases every day, which is not comparable to the "tens of thousands" reported in the United States. She pointed out that Trump’s comments were “obviously wrong.”
So far, New Zealand has a total of 1,293 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 22 deaths; while the total number of confirmed cases in the United States has exceeded 5.2 million, with 170,000 deaths.
According to reports, Auckland has re-implemented lockdown measures after the re-transmission of the epidemic, and other urban residents must also comply with social distancing regulations. Ardern had previously announced that it would postpone the upcoming general election for four weeks until October 17.