After reaching 100 day milestone without coronavirus transmission, New Zealand announced its first locally transmitted Coronavirus after 102 days and issued a stay-at-home lockdown order for the country’s largest city.
Traveling into Auckland will be banned unless people live there and are traveling home, according to the source.
“After 102 days, we have our first cases of COVID-19 outside of managed isolation or quarantine facilities… we have all worked incredibly hard to prevent this scenario,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told the country in a televised. address.
The patient – in their 60s – tested positive for COVID-19, he returned from Iran. The person is being treated in Auckland City Hospital, the chances of a community outbreak remains low and their condition is improving, a Health Ministry statement said.
The person travelled on an Emirates Airline flight that originated in Tehran, stopped in Bali, Indonesia, and ended in Auckland on Feb 26.
New Zealand is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Covering a total area of 268,021 square kilometres (103,500 sq mi). New Zealand is about 2,000 kilometres.
The country will be raised to Level 2 through Friday i.e. mass gatherings will be limited to 100 attendees and people would need to socially distance themselves from each other.
