Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said she is working on targeted economic relief for Auckland in case restrictions last longer. She also warned the country’s upcoming election could be delayed. New Zealand’s largest city Auckland is back in lockdown after a reemergence of coronavirus outbreaks. A three-day stay-at-home order has seen region-wide police checkpoints and panic-buying supermarkets.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the Cabinet will make a decision on Friday on whether to impose further restrictions. She said authorities are working on targeted economic relief for Auckland in case the city of 1.5 million people faces a long-term shutdown. The new outbreaks forced nursing homes nationwide to shut their doors.
Ardern said that there were four cases in an Auckland household from an unknown source, ending New Zealand’s run of 102 days without community transmission. Authorities are racing to trace anyone who had been in contact with the four Auckland residents.Huge queues formed outside COVID-19 testing stations and face-masked police patrolled Auckland’s major roads to enforce the new measures. New Zealand has reported just 22 deaths from the virus in a population of slightly under 5 million.
Source: DW
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