Auckland, the largest city of New Zealand, goes back into lockdown after 1 COVID-19 case

New Zealander PM Jacinda Ardern said on Saturday that the country’s biggest city, Auckland, will go into a seven-day lockdown. The lockdown will begin from early morning on Sunday. This was ordered after a new local case of the Coronavirus of unknown origin had emerged in the city.

This is the second short lockdown following the previous one where a family of three were diagnosed with the more transmissible UK variant of the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Auckland’s nearly 2 million residents were plunged into a snap three-day lockdown.

Health officials, who could not immediately confirm how the person got infected, said genome sequencing of the new infection was under way.

The person claimed that he has visited several public venues during that period.

“Based on this, we are in the unfortunate but necessary position to protect Aucklanders again,” Ardern said, announcing the lockdown. The lockdown, with Level 3 restrictions, will allow people to leave home only for essential shopping and essential work, Ardern said. Public venues will remain closed. Restrictions in the rest of the country will be tightened to Level 2 restrictions, including limits on public gatherings.

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