New Zealand Nationwide snap 3 day lockdown after a Covid19 case detected in 6 months
New Zealand : Nationwide snap 3 â€" day lockdown after a Covid19 case detected in 6 months New Zealand moved into a snap three-day lockdown Tuesday after identifying a single case of locally transmitted Covid-19 suspected to be the Delta variant, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said. The initial plan is for New Zealand to remain in lockdown for three days from Tuesday night, with Auckland and the nearby Coromandel area facing the restrictions for a week.
It is New Zealand’s first nationwide lockdown since the initial pandemic response over a year ago. Under so-called Alert Level 4, all schools, public venues and most businesses must close and people are urged to wear a face covering if they need to venture out. Only shops providing essential services such as groceries, gasoline and health products can stay open.
New Zealand has so far largely kept the virus out of the community, allowing its economy to recover quickly during the pandemic. But a slow vaccine rollout has left it vulnerable to another outbreak, particularly of the delta variant that has forced large parts of neighboring Australia back into lockdown.
Under the country’s toughest level 4 lockdown rules, schools, offices and all businesses will be shut down and only essential services will be operational. Vaccinations will also be suspended for 48 hours to ensure vaccines can be administered in a safe environment.
Ms Ardern also announced the country will also speed up its vaccination rollout with all eligible ages able to book in their vaccine by September 1. It will also move to a six-week gap between doses to ensure more New Zealanders are at least partially vaccinated. More than 2.55 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in New Zealand to date.
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