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New Zealand Extends Auckland Lockdown by 12 Days

New Zealand will extend the lockdown of its largest city Auckland by at least 12 days, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Friday.

 

The measure follows a growing new coronavirus outbreak. The lockdown had been in place for several days.

On Tuesday, four people tested positive for the coronavirus, the first cases of infection in 102 days in the country. Since then, New Zealand has discovered a cluster of 30 virus cases.

Most of those cases have been found around Auckland, a city of 1.5 million people who have now been asked to stay at home.

Worryingly, two of the infections were found in the city of Tokoroa, about 130 miles south of Auckland.

Authorities are still trying to find out how the virus made its return to New Zealand, which had received worldwide praise for handling the crisis.

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