Auckland emerges from strict weeklong Covid lockdown

Officials say no new local cases on Sunday, though masks still required on public transportAuckland has come out of a weeklong lockdown imposed after a community cluster of the more contagious UK coronavirus variant.There were no new local Covid-19 cases recorded on Sunday, health officials said, allowing for the restrictions to ease. If no community cases are confirmed during the rest of Sunday it would make a full seven days since the last community case. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/07/auckland-emerges-from-strict-weeklong-covid-lockdown #new_zealand #coronavirus #asia_pacific #world_news #infectious_diseases