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New Zealand Goes Into Full Lockdown After ONE Case Of COVID-19 Was Found

"We have seen the dire consequences of taking too long to act in other countries," Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said.

Western Canada Editor

Five million people in New Zealand were put into lockdown on Tuesday, August 17 after the country's public health officials identified one case of COVID-19.

The drastic measures were enforced across the country for three days. In Auckland, where the infected man had visited, the city will be in lockdown for seven days in a bid to control the spread of the virus.

During a press conference announcing the lockdown, New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, "We have seen the dire consequences of taking too long to act in other countries."

The New Zealand government issued a statement showing 14 locations of interest where they believe the infected man may have had contact with others.

Two people are being treated as having had close contact with the man and they are in self-isolation. Even vaccination clinics will close during the nationwide lockdown.

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    • Western Canada Editor Daniel Milligan was the Western Canada Editor at Narcity Canada. He was responsible for developing trending news strategies and managing a team of writers and editors. Originally from the U.K., Daniel holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in journalism from Staffordshire University. Over the past decade, he has worked on major news stories including terror attacks in London, England, and Manchester, along with royal weddings, Brexit developments, the Canadian federal election and the Nova Scotia mass shooting. Daniel was a senior editor and newsroom leader at Trinity Mirror, one of the U.K.'s largest regional news websites. He would later move to Toronto and work at Yahoo Canada and CTV News/CTV National News.

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