New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a three-day lockdown in the country after the first community case of Covid-19 was reported since February. This case has been reported in Auckland. After this, the lockdown will remain in force in the country from midnight tonight. Ardern announced this during a press conference in Wellington.
Not only this, the lockdown will remain in force for seven days in Auckland and the surrounding Coromandel region.
Let us tell you that all schools, public places and most businesses will be closed in the lockdown. People have been advised to work from home. An appeal has been made to use face masks when there is a need to go out.
New Zealand has largely controlled the virus. This is why his economy has recovered quickly during the pandemic. However, the slow pace of vaccination has left it vulnerable to another outbreak. The highly contagious Delta variant has forced large parts of neighboring Australia to come back under lockdown.