WELLINGTON: New Zealand announced its first locally transmitted coronavirus infections in 102 days on Tuesday, prompting the country’s prime minister to issue a stay-at-home lockdown order for the country’s largest city.
Jacinda Ardern said four cases had been detected in a single family in Auckland from an unknown source.
“After 102 days, we have our first cases of COVID-19 outside of managed isolation or quarantine facilities ... While we have all worked incredibly hard to prevent this scenario, we have also planned and prepared for it,” she said.
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New Zealand announces return of coronavirus after 102 days
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New Zealand announces return of coronavirus after 102 days
- Country’s prime minister to issue a stay-at-home lockdown order for the country’s largest city
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The US attorney’s office in the District of Columbia has opened a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell over the central bank’s renovation of its Washington headquarters and whether Powell lied to Congress about the scope of the project, the New York Times reported on Sunday.
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