New Zealand closes its largest city for seven days to contain Corona

Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, began the second lockdown within a week today, Sunday, as health authorities try to contain a wave of more infections with the British strain of the emerging coronavirus.

And Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a seven-day lockdown for the city of Auckland late on Saturday after monitoring another community case of Covid-19.

Today, the health authorities confirmed that the case is related to a series of existing cases extending to 13 cases, and no new cases were recorded today.

"Covid kills people, and we must not lose our vision of the reasons for which we are taking these measures - it is in order to save the lives of our citizens and our livelihoods," Ardern said at a press conference today.

Auckland was subject to a lockdown on February 14, after three Covid-19 cases were discovered in the community, and restrictions were eased after just three days.

Under Level 3 of the closure, residents can only leave the house for essential shopping and essential work.

Schools will open only for the basic workers and not all businesses should be open to the public.

As for the rest of New Zealand, public gatherings are restricted to 100 and social distancing rules are strictly enforced.

It is noteworthy that New Zealand attracted attention with its exemplary response to the epidemic, especially with regard to its early and strong action.

The country of about five million people in 2016 has recorded a case of COVID-19 and 26 deaths.

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