New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has extended a coronavirus lockdown in the country's largest city until the end of the week.
until the end of the week and introduced mandatory mask-wearing on public transport across the nation.
"We want both confidence, and certainty for everyone," she said during a televised media conference on Monday. Around 150 people have been diagnosed as part of the cluster that originated in Auckland, which is home to 1.7 million people, but daily new case numbers have slowed to single-digit increases over the past three days.
To maintain control as Auckland eases down to Level 2 restrictions, which will allow schools and shops to reopen, public gatherings will still be restricted to a maximum of 10 people, she said.
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