Wellington, New Zealand: After one coronavirus incidence, prime minister Jacinda Ardern declares a countrywide lockdown. In the country's largest city, auckland, a 58-year-old man who had not been vaccinated tested positive for the virus. Although genomic sequencing is still continuing, authorities believe it was the infectious Delta variation. Starting at 11:59 p.m. local time on tuesday, new zealand will be under the tightest degree of lockdown for the next three days. Director-General of health Ashley Bloomfield said tuesday that the guy had been to other regions of the nation and had a clear relationship to the border. Everyone must stay at home during a level four lockdown, and businesses are shuttered except for necessary services.

For the next week, auckland and the Coromandel Peninsula, a region of New Zealand's North Island where the patient travelled, are expected to remain under level four lockdown. new zealand has been commended for its response to the virus, which included closing its borders to nearly all foreign nationals and imposing stringent state-run quarantines on incoming tourists. For the past two weeks, neighbouring australia has been fighting its own Delta epidemic. One of the last countries to report Delta variation was New Zealand.

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