{"id":52887,"date":"2020-08-24T21:14:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T18:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/new-zealand-extends-auckland-coronavirus-lockdown\/"},"modified":"2020-08-24T21:14:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T18:14:00","slug":"new-zealand-extends-auckland-coronavirus-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-zealand-extends-auckland-coronavirus-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"#New Zealand extends Auckland coronavirus lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#New Zealand extends Auckland coronavirus lockdown<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-wrapper\" role=\"main\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"author-byline\">\n                By Daniella Genovese, Fox <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        August 24, 2020 <span>|<\/span> 2:14pm           <\/p>\n<div id=\"featured-image-wrapper\">\n                        Enlarge Image<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"New Zealand extends Auckland coronavirus lockdown\" id=\"standard-article-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/new-zealand-49.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=618&#038;h=410&#038;crop=1\" ><\/img><br \/>\n                <span>A nurse tests members of the public at the Eden Park testing station in Auckland, New Zealand.<\/span><br \/>\n                            <span>Getty Images<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                        New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Monday that the city of Auckland will remain under lockdown for an extra four days in order to successfully manage the reemergence of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>The two-week lockdown of the country\u2019s largest city was due to end Aug. 26 but will now continue until 11:59 pm on Aug 30, Ardern said during a press briefing.<\/p>\n<p>At that point, the city will  \u201cstep its way into level 2,\u201d Arden said. According to government officials, Alert Level 2 means the disease is contained but there is still a risk of community transmission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese extra four days are believed necessary to allow us to move down a level in Auckland and stay down,\u201d Ardern said. \u201cWe want both confidence and certainty for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16183445\"><img alt=\"Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.\" data- data- height=\"441\" width=\"662\"><\/img><figcaption><span>Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.<\/span><span>Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ardern said the extension would help authorities ensure they have found the perimeter of the city\u2019s largest yet contained cluster and that they\u2019re not seeing too many cases crop up that they haven\u2019t found through contact tracing.<\/p>\n<p>As of Sunday, all entities, including schools and retail shops that can operate under Level 2, will reopen but they will keep a limit to masked gatherings under 11 people.<\/p>\n<p>Ardern said the rest of the country would continue for now with some restrictions under Alert Level 2 and it would become mandatory from next week to wear masks on public transport under level 2.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand went 102 days without any community transmission of the virus before the cluster of cases was found in Auckland this month.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Arden says the country needs to put itself in the \u201cbest long term position to manage it successfully and in the most contained way we can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Health authorities on Monday reported nine new cases of the virus.<\/p>\n<p>In total there are now more than 1,600 cases across the country, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more News articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch Movies<\/a> or Tv Shows go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a> <\/span> for forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/08\/24\/new-zealand-extends-auckland-coronavirus-lockdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#New Zealand extends Auckland coronavirus lockdown&#8221; By Daniella Genovese, Fox News August 24, 2020 | 2:14pm Enlarge Image A nurse tests members of the public at the Eden Park testing station in Auckland, New Zealand. 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