China News Service, February 27. According to the New Zealand Economic Journal, at 9 p.m. local time on February 27, New Zealand Prime Minister Ardern announced that Auckland has entered Level 3 alert level, and the rest of the area has entered Level 2 alert level.

The duration of this alert level is 7 days.

  Ardern said the result was "disheartening."

  New Zealand added a community confirmed case on the 27th, which is related to the Auckland cluster infection.

According to reports, the case is a 21-year-old male in the family of a confirmed student from Papatoetoe School who developed symptoms on the 23rd.

  The New Zealand Ministry of Health is conducting genome sequencing to determine how the latest community case was infected.

  The previous three test results of this case were negative, and the test conducted on the 26th yielded a positive result on the 27th.

The case has visited densely populated areas such as supermarkets and gyms.

  Since the case has been symptomatic since the 23rd, but has been traveling in Auckland, this means that the possibility of others contracting the virus is high.

Public places in Auckland will be closed, large-scale events will be cancelled, and masks must be worn on public transportation.

  As some contacts have failed to comply with the self-isolation regulations, Ardern said, “We cannot live in an environment where the rules are set but they are not always followed. This will make New Zealand unable to control the new crown epidemic.”