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Close contact test results will be crucial to whether Auckland’s level 3 lockdown is extended beyond three days – Australian Times
Auckland returned to level 3 lockdown conditions at midnight on Sunday following the announcement of the three new cases. The rest of the country moved to alert…

Michael Plank, University of Canterbury; Shaun Hendy, University of Auckland, and Siouxsie Wiles, University of Auckland
New Zealands latest community cases, the first to be infected with the more infectious B.1.1.7 variant of COVID-19, have a plausible link to the border through one persons workplace at LSG Sky Chefs, a business that deals with laundry and catering from international flights.
But it is not a definitive link. Indeed, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced this morning that genome…
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