'While we collect more specific information all New Zealanders are reminded of the basic public health measures of mask wearing and hand washing.'
'A link between the case and the border or managed isolation is yet to be established,' the Ministry of Health said. He was unvaccinated but was in the process of booking an appointment to get the jab. Health officials are now trying to identify how the man from Auckland's north shore became infected, which at this stage shows there is no immediate link to any high-risk settings. Kiwis travelling in other parts of the country have been given 48 hours to return home. 'Remember to always act like you have Covid-19, stay clear of others don't put them in harm's way in the same way you would expect that they don't put you in harm's way.' 'I'm asking the team of five million to unite once more to defeat what is likely the more transmissible and deadly variant of the virus.
'We've seen the dire consequences of taking too long to act in other countries, not at least our neighbours. Australia has jabbed just 21 per cent of its people. New Zealand's sluggish vaccine rollout leaves it particularly susceptible to a deadly new outbreak, with only 17 per cent of the entire population fully vaccinated. The strain is already piling pressure on hospitals in Australia, which has deployed a similar elimination strategy. She referred to neighbouring Australia's difficulty in controlling the spread of the virus when she addressed the nation on Tuesday night. Ms Ardern urged the country to follow lockdown restrictions 'to the letter' amid fears the extremely-transmissible variant could undermine New Zealand's brutal 'zero-Covid' strategy. The man is being assumed to be infected with the highly contagious Indian Delta strain until genome testing results come back on Wednesday. The nationwide lockdown was sparked by a 58-year-old Auckland man, who is unvaccinated, after he tested positive on Tuesday and is believed to have been infectious for the last five days. He had travelled with his wife to Coromandel - which is on the east of the North Island - at the weekend. Kiwis are seen queuing outside a supermarket in Auckland on Tuesday night (pictured) ahead of the snap lockdown Woodturner Café (3815 State Highway 2) - August 15 between 12.40pm - 1.25pm Umu Cafe (22 Wharf Rd) - August 15 between 10.14am - 11.10am.Taras Beads (1/75 Kapanga Rd) - August 15 between 10am - 10.05am.Star and Garter Hotel (5 Kapanga Rd) - August 14 between 7.11pm - 9.00pm.Umu Cafe (22 Wharf Rd) - August 14 between 6.17pm - 7.11pm.Richardsons Real Estate (151 Kapanga Rd) - August 14 between 3.30pm - 3.35pm.Taras Beads (1/75 Kapanga Rd) - August 14 between 3pm - 3.10pm.Hereford 'n' a Pickle (2318 Colville Rd, RD 4, Colville) - August 14 between 1.25pm - 2.15pm.Jaks Cafe & Bar (104 Kapanga Rd) - August 14 between 10.50am - 11.30am.Driving Creek Railway Tours (380 Driving Creek Rd) - August 14 between 10.30am - 10.50am.BP Gas Station (Tiki Rd) - August 14 between 9.30am - 9.40am.Umu Cafe (22 Wharf Rd) - August 13 between 7.40pm - 8.30pm.Star and Garter Hotel (5 Kapanga Rd) - August 13 between 6.39pm - 7.40pm.Devonport Pharmacy (33 Victoria Rd) - August 16 between 2.15pm - 2.30pm.Crumb Grey Lynn (Ariki St) - August 12 between 10am - 10.10am.Parents scrambled to make alternative childcare arrangements with schools and child care centres closed under the harsh restrictions, with even kids of essential workers left with nowhere to go. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's Tuesday night announcement sparked chaos in the hours that followed as thousands of Kiwis made a late-night dash to the supermarket, despite pleas not to panic buy. Kiwis will be locked in their homes for all but essential reasons, with businesses forced to shut and masks mandatory whenever a person leaves the house. The entire country will be under Level Four lockdown restrictions for the next three days while Auckland and the Coromandel Peninsula will suffer under the rules for at least a week. New Zealand's snap lockdown came into effect at 11.59pm Tuesday after a single mystery Covid case was found in Auckland, the nation's first locally-acquired case since February. Kiwis are waking up to some of the harshest lockdown restrictions in the world, forcing most businesses to shut up shop and leaving even essential workers with children stranded without a plan B.
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