{"id":140613,"date":"2021-10-03T18:07:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-03T18:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=140613"},"modified":"2021-10-03T18:07:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T18:07:56","slug":"zero-covid-new-zealand-broadens-lockdown-as-delta-spreads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/zero-covid-new-zealand-broadens-lockdown-as-delta-spreads\/","title":{"rendered":"Zero covid New Zealand broadens lockdown as Delta spreads"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Zero Covid New Zealand brings in MORE lockdowns as Delta outbreak spreads beyond Auckland &#8211; which has been locked down for one-and-a-half months in failed attempt to eliminate Covid<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ardern announced 32 new cases in Auckland, and two in the Waikato region\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>Parts of the region will now enter a five-day lockdown to combat Delta spread<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>Government will decide whether to extend Auckland&#8217;s lockdown on Monday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ardern has said measures can be relaxed if 90% of population is vaccinated<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>So far, the figure stands at around 46 per cent<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New Zealand has broadened its lockdown, introducing more restrictions as the Delta variant spreads beyond Auckland.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced 32 new coronavirus cases on Sunday in Auckland, the country&#8217;s largest city, which has been in lockdown since mid-August.<\/p>\n<p>There were also two cases in the Waikato region, some 91 miles south of Auckland, prompting Ardern to bring parts of that region into a five-day lockdown.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She added that the government will decide on Monday whether Auckland&#8217;s 1.7 million residents will remain sealed off from the rest of New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>Ardern enforced what was meant to be a &#8216;short and sharp&#8217; nationwide lockdown in mid-August in response to the Auckland outbreak, which now stands at 1,328 cases.<\/p>\n<p>But while the rest of the country has largely returned to normal life, the North Island city has remained in lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We are doing everything that we can to keep cases confined to Auckland, and managing them there,&#8217; Ardern said.<\/p>\n<p>While New Zealand was among just a handful of countries to bring Covid-19 cases down to zero last year and largely stayed virus-free until the latest outbreak in August, difficulties in quashing the Delta variant have put Ardern&#8217;s elimination strategy in question.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/10\/03\/18\/48711065-10053523-image-a-13_1633282486680.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced 32 new coronavirus cases on Sunday in Auckland, the country&#8217;s largest city, which has been in lockdown since mid-August<\/p>\n<p>Amid mounting pressure, Ardern has said her strategy was never to have zero cases, but to aggressively stamp out the virus.<\/p>\n<p>She has said strict lockdowns can end if 90 per cent of the eligible population is fully vaccinated, contrasting with the current 46 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>Full vaccination will become a requirement for non-New Zealand citizens arriving in the country from November 1, Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Air New Zealand said on Sunday that it will require passengers on its international flights to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We have a different approach to Covid within our sights, and in our hands,&#8217; Ardern said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So as we all look ahead and think about summer, and the plans we are making, make the first step a vaccine. It is the thing that will make those summer plans possible.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/10\/03\/18\/48711345-10053523-image-a-14_1633282555331.jpg\" height=\"415\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ardern has said strict lockdowns can end if 90 per cent of the eligible population is fully vaccinated, contrasting with the current 46 per cent. Pictured: MP Ginny Andersen (left) receives a dose of the coronavirus vaccine in Wellington on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10053523\/New-Zealands-Delta-outbreak-spreads-outside-Auckland.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zero Covid New Zealand brings in MORE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":140612,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Zero covid New Zealand broadens lockdown as Delta spreads - Pre Coin News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/zero-covid-new-zealand-broadens-lockdown-as-delta-spreads\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zero covid New Zealand broadens lockdown as Delta spreads - 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