Новая Зеландия объявила национальный локдаун из-за одного случая COVID-19

New Zealand announced a national lockdown because of one case of covid-19 As a result, the most stringent quarantine restrictions will be in force in the country for several days.

New Zealand will go into quarantine from midnight Wednesday after the first case of COVID-19 in the country was detected in almost six months, Radio New Zealand reports.

The lockdown will last three days throughout the country and seven days in Auckland, where the infected person lives, and Coromandel, where he visited over the weekend. The RNZ reports that this is a 58-year-old man, who is on the waiting list for a vaccination, but has not yet received it. After he tested positive for CORONAVIRUS, authorities identified several contacts who also contracted COVID-19. As a result, the number of carriers of the virus in the country rose to five. All of them are carriers of the delta strain.

New Zealand cancels social distancing due to coronavirus Society

The country announced the most stringent, fourth, level of restrictions. Under it, people can leave their homes only in case of emergency. Such cases are going to the store or pharmacy, getting medical care, playing sports in the fresh air in your area. All public meetings and mass events are canceled, all organizations are closed, except for those that provide services necessary for the population, and training sessions are stopped.

“The Delta strain has changed the game and we are responding to it,” New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said during a press conference (quoted by CNN). “The best thing we can do to get through this as quickly as possible is to do our best.”