Breaking: New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern announces Level 3 lockdown for Auckland for 3 days from midnight - the rest of NZ goes to Level 2
Comes after 3 members of an Auckland family tested positive for #Covid19 under unknown circumstances
'We are going hard and early'
Comes after 3 members of an Auckland family tested positive for #Covid19 under unknown circumstances
'We are going hard and early'
For Auckland:
- Border will be put in place around Akl
- People should work from home unless it's not possible
- Children should stay at home, schools will open for parents that need to be at work
- Supermarkets and pharmacies will stay open
- Border will be put in place around Akl
- People should work from home unless it's not possible
- Children should stay at home, schools will open for parents that need to be at work
- Supermarkets and pharmacies will stay open
- Businesses that interact with customers face-to-face will close
- Gatherings outside of a person's bubble are prohibited, except for events including tangihanga and funerals
- Mask wearing on public transport is required
- Gatherings outside of a person's bubble are prohibited, except for events including tangihanga and funerals
- Mask wearing on public transport is required
For the rest of NZ in Level 2:
- From midnight, businesses and schools will remain open but with physical distancing required
- Mask wearing is compulsory on public transport
- Mass gatherings will be limited to 100 people
- Hospitality businesses will have capacity limits
- From midnight, businesses and schools will remain open but with physical distancing required
- Mask wearing is compulsory on public transport
- Mass gatherings will be limited to 100 people
- Hospitality businesses will have capacity limits
PM Ardern's closing remarks as NZ moves back into #Covid19 restrictions, after reminding Kiwis they've enjoyed more freedoms than elsewhere:
"I'm asking New Zealanders to be strong and to be kind.
"We all get that sense of 'not again'.
"Please remember, we are going to be okay"
"I'm asking New Zealanders to be strong and to be kind.
"We all get that sense of 'not again'.
"Please remember, we are going to be okay"
This is what Level 2 and Level 3 restrictions mean for New Zealand:
Update on the new #Covid19 cases in New Zealand today:
- The cases have UK variant
- It’s not linked to managed isolation
- There were no new community cases today
- A snap lockdown has begun in Auckland, rest of NZ in Level 2
- First doses of the vaccine arrived in NZ this AM
- The cases have UK variant
- It’s not linked to managed isolation
- There were no new community cases today
- A snap lockdown has begun in Auckland, rest of NZ in Level 2
- First doses of the vaccine arrived in NZ this AM
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