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New Zealand to go into snap 3-day lockdown following COVID case in Auckland

All of New Zealand will go into a snap three-day lockdown from 11:59pm after confirming one case of COVID-19 in the community.

The case was confirmed in the most populous city, Auckland, earlier today, and that city and the Coromandel Peninsula will be in lockdown for seven days.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says they can not confirm yet whether the case is the Delta variant, but the risk posed by Delta means they must act quickly.

"Going hard and early has worked for us before," she said.

"While we know that Delta is a more dangerous enemy to combat, the same actions that overcome the virus last year can be applied to beat it again."

Under the country's toughest level 4 lockdown rules, schools, offices and all businesses will be shut down and only essential services will be operational.

Vaccinations will also be suspended for 48 hours to ensure vaccines can be administered in a safe environment.

The case is New Zealand's first in the community in six months.

"We have made decisions on the basis that it is better to start high and go down levels rather than start too low, not contain the virus and see it move quickly," Ms Ardern said.

"We've seen overseas, particularly in Sydney, unnecessary trips outdoors have spread the virus and communities have not been able to get on top of it. So I ask New Zealanders to please follow the rules to the letter."

New Zealand Health Chief Executive Dr Ashley Bloomfield said the case was a 58-year-old man who became symptomatic on Saturday.

The man's wife has been tested and since returned a negative result.

Under level 4 restrictions, New Zealanders will only be able to leave their homes for:

• Physical exercise in their neighbourhood
• Visiting supermarkets, dairies (convenience stories) and pharmacies
• Necessary medical care or getting a COVID-19 test
  

"And if you undertake these activities, please wear a mask when you leave the house," Ms Ardern added.

Ms Ardern's government has so far managed to contain local transmission of the virus through a strict elimination strategy.

The country has recorded 2,570 COVID-19 cases, and 26 deaths.

Last week, Ms Ardern announced plans to allow quarantine-free entry to vaccinated travellers from low-risk countries from early next year as part of a phased reopening of its borders that were shut last year due to the pandemic.

Ms Ardern also announced the country will also speed up its vaccination rollout with all eligible ages able to book in their vaccine by September 1.

It will also move to a six-week gap between doses to ensure more New Zealanders are at least partially vaccinated.

More than 2.55 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in New Zealand to date.

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