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New Zealand records no new local cases of COVID-19 after Auckland goes into lockdown

New Zealand has recorded no new locally acquired COVID-19 cases, a day after three positive tests in Auckland sent the city into lockdown.
Key points:
- An Auckland couple and their daughter tested positive to COVID-19 on Sunday
- The mother and daughter have the UK variant of COVID-19, the Ministry of Health says
- Six of 10 people identified as close contacts have been tested and returned negative results
The Ministry of Health said there were no new cases recorded on Monday but five cases of COVID-19 were reported in managed isolation.
An Auckland couple and their daughter tested positive to COVID-19 on Sunday, becoming the country’s first cases of coronavirus in the community since January.
The results of genomic sequencing have revealed the…
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