Auckland to go into a seven-day Level 3 lockdown after new COVID-19 case
New Zealand’s largest city will go into lockdown for seven days from 6 am Sunday local time, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced. Auckland will move to Level 3 restrictions, with the rest of the country in Level 2, after a COVID-19 case of unknown origin was discovered in the community.
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