The lockdown will be lifted in Auckland three days after it goes into effect

Three short days and then go. New Zealand authorities will lift the authorities-ordered confinement for a period of three days in Auckland on Wednesday evening, February 17th, as planned. They are convinced that the outbreak of the Covid-19 infection detected in the country’s largest city is under control.

The confinement, the first in nearly six months in Auckland, was identified there on Sunday evening after three cases were discovered. And Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that the relatives of the three injured, who belong to the same family, had tested negative, with the exception of three people in solitary confinement.

sound “We don’t have a generalized epidemic, just a small chain of transmission that can be controlled through regular contact tracing and testing procedures.”, I vindicated. Jacinda Ardern said the city would remain on level two alert, which bans gatherings of more than 100 people and requires masks to be worn on public transport.

However, those associated with a school that has attended three of the positive cases will have to remain incarcerated. New Zealand’s record in fighting Covid-19 is being welcomed abroad. In total, 26 deaths have been attributed to Covid-19 in this country of five million people.