New Zealand locks down over single new case of coronavirus
COVID surge pushes Louisiana hospitals to the brink COVID surge pushes Louisiana hospitals to the… 02:06 Wellington, New Zealand — New Zealand’s government took drastic action Tuesday by putting the entire nation into a strict lockdown for at least three days after finding a single case of coronavirus infection in the community. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern invoked some of the stirring rhetoric she used early in the pandemic by urging the “team of 5 million” — New Zealand’s population — to go hard and early in trying to eliminate the latest outbreak. “We have seen what happens elsewhere if we fail to get on top of it,” Ardern said. “We only get one chance.” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern looks on during a press conference at Parliament on August 17, 2021 in Wellington, New Zealand. Hagen Hopkins/Getty She said Auckland, where the infected man lives, and Coromandel, where he had visited, would go into a full lockdown for seven days and the remainder of the country for three days while health experts tried to find the source of his infection.Australia and New Zealand open COVID travel “bubble”The developments prompted people to line up outside supermarkets to stock up on essential items
