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New Zealand’s Ardern orders nationwide lockdown over one COVID-19 case – Metro US

New Zealand’s Ardern orders nationwide lockdown over one COVID-19 case

FILE PHOTO: New Zealand Prime Minister Ardern participates in a
FILE PHOTO: New Zealand Prime Minister Ardern participates in a debate in Auckland

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a nationwide lockdown on Tuesday after a new case of COVID-19 was discovered in the biggest city of Auckland.

The lockdown will run seven days in Auckland, but three days elsewhere. Ardern said authorities were assuming the new case was a Delta variant although this has not been confirmed.

(Reporting by Praveen Menon; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)