Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Auckland, where the infected man lives, and Coromandel, where he had visited, would go into a full lockdown for seven days and the remainder of New Zealand for three
In this image made from video, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks during a news conference in Wellington, on Aug. 17.New Zealand’s government took drastic action Tuesday by putting the entire nation instrict lockdownto a for at least three days after finding a single case of coronavirus infection in the community.
“We have seen what happens elsewhere if we fail to get on top of it,” Ardern said. “We only get one chance.”She said Auckland, where the infected man lives, and Coromandel, where he had visited, would go into a full lockdown for seven days and the remainder of the country for three days while health experts tried to find the source of his infection.
New Zealand had managed to stamp out the virus, and the last outbreak was in February. But Ardern had been warning that the contagiousness of the delta variant would likely require more drastic action than previous outbreaks. And officials have been viewing a growing outbreak in nearby Sydney with alarm, saying they don’t want to make the same mistakes by waiting too long to impose strict measures.
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